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TWENTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
North Carolina
Department of Archives and History
July 1, 1946
TO
June 30, 1948
RALEIGH
North Carolina Department of Archives
and History
1948
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
R. D. W. Connor, Chairman, Chapel Hill
Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern
J. Allan Dunn, Salisbury
Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City
W. T. Laprade, Durham
Mrs. P. F. Patton, Henderson
McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro
Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency,
R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir:
In compliance with Chapter 55, Session Laws of 1945, I
have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Department of Archives and History for the period July 1,
1946-June 30, 1948.
Respectfully,
R. D. W. Connor,
Chairman
Raleigh, July 1, 1948
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES
AND HISTORY
July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1948
To R. D. W. Connor, Chairman, and Gertrude S. Carra-way,
J. Allan Dunn, Clarence W. Griffin, W. T.
Laprade, McDaniel Lewis, and Mrs. P. F. Patton,
Executive Board:
I have the honor to submit the following report of the
activities and accomplishments of the North Carolina De-partment
of Archives and History for the period July 1,
1946-June 30, 1948:
POSTWAR PROBLEMS
During the biennium conditions were not as abnormal as
during the previous twenty-four-month period, but it was
nevertheless necessary to meet a number of difficult prob-lems,
most of them an aftermath of the war.
The most serious problem resulted from the period of in-flation
through which the nation was passing. As prices
continued to mount, the program of the Department was
affected in many ways, usually in an unfavorable manner.
Most keenly felt of all was the fact that the Department's
salary scale (just as the salary scales of other state agen-cies)
failed to keep pace with the advancing cost of living.
The 1947 General Assembly provided a blanket twenty per
cent salary increase for all members of the staff except the
director (who received an increase of approximately eleven
per cent) , and this increase was in addition to other in-creases
that had been provided during World War II.
Nevertheless, following the removal of price controls, the
cost of living went up far more than twenty per cent. Wages
paid industrial workers were raised again and again, the
6 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
profits of corporate business were larger than ever before,
farmers received tremendous prices for their products, and
the national income was at the highest point ever reached.
In general, however, white-collar workers found themselves
left behind in the inflation spiral, and employees of the
state of North Carolina were probably near the bottom of
the list even of the white-collar group. By the end of the
biennium factory workers, business men, farmers, brick-layers,
plumbers, employes of the federal government, and
almost everybody else were making more than state em-ployes.
In 1947 the General Assembly for the first time
made a distinction between school teachers and other state
employes, providing a larger increase for the teachers—an
action which seemed unfair to the latter group.
The Department of Archives and History found that, be-cause
of this condition, its problems were more difficult to
solve. Nearly every one of its staff could have made more
money elsewhere and remained with the Department
only because of interest in the work, loyalty to the agency,
or other similar factors. When vacancies occurred on the
staff it was hard to find competent personnel who would
accept positions for the salaries offered. As the biennium
ended, it was believed that no relief was in sight until the
next session of the General Assembly, scheduled for Janu-ary,
1949.
Inflation likewise affected other phases of the Depart-ment's
program. The cost of printing soared to more than
double the prewar figure, and this meant that it was im-possible
to issue as many publications as had been hoped.
The cost of equipment advanced to the point where certain
items (especially a laminating machine) for which an ap-propriation
had been made could not be purchased. The cost
of supplies mounted to such an extent that, in order to
purchase sufficient quantities for routine operations, it was
necessary to make transfers from other items in the budget,
and the cost of official travel advanced to the point where
the allowance made by the state for this purpose frequently
did not meet actual expenses.
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In spite of these difficulties, however, the biennium was
one of real achievement. Long-range plans were made for
the different divisions and for the Department as a whole,
and a discussion of these long-range plans aroused a great
deal of interest at staff meetings. In order to carry the De-partment's
program to the people, more travelling was done
by members of the staff than for many years—probably
more than for any previous year. After frequent delays, it
was possible to let contracts for the installation of certain
much needed equipment, especially air conditioning equip-ment
for the two lower archives levels and stack equipment
for several of the archives areas. The installation of this
equipment, in turn, was expected to make possible the more
orderly arrangement of the archives and the taking of an
inventory of all the archives and manuscripts in the custody
of the Department. The beginning of work on the Emer-gency
Relief Administration records in the warehouse at the
State Fairgrounds held out hope that a problem of long
standing would soon be solved. While the number of publi-cations
issued was not as large as had been hoped, never-theless
there was a wide popular demand for the one volume,
the usual numbers of the North Carolina Historical Review,
and the several pamphlets that were issued. The Hall of
History completed an inventory of its holdings, arranged a
number of new displays, and sought in various ways to im-prove
its service to the public.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
On May 30, 1947, Governor R. Gregg Cherry appointed
Mr. McDaniel Lewis of Greensboro as a new member of the
Executive Board for a term expiring March 31, 1953. On
the same date he reappointed Dr. W. T. Laprade of Durham
and Miss Gertrude S. Carraway of New Bern for terms ex-piring
March 31, 1953.
THE STAFF
The first regularly paid employe of the Department
(formerly the North Carolina Historical Commission) was
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Dr. R. D. W. Connor, who was placed on the pay roll in
1907. Since that time the number of regular employes on
June 30 of each year listed below has been as follows
:
1908 3 1930 10
1910 3 1932 10
1912 3 1934 8
1914 5 1936 8
1916 8 1938 9
1918 9 1940 9
1920 9 1942 11
1922 9 1944 11
1924 11 1946 13
1926 11 1948 16
1928 10
Due largely to the abnormal conditions described above,
there was a good deal of turnover of staff members during
the 1946-1948 biennium, and in several instances persons
remained with the Department only a few months before
going on to better paying positions. Most striking was the
case of Mr. Henry H. Eddy, who on June 11, 1946, came
from New York to the Department as chief of the Division
of Archives and Manuscripts, but who on May 11, 1948, left
the employ of the Department to take a similar but more
lucrative position with the state of Pennsylvania. In order
to perform various special tasks, the Depairtment engaged a
number of temporary employes. One new permanent em-ploye
was added (in the Division of Public Displays), and a
temporary employe, who was expected to be placed later on
a permanent basis, in the Division of Publications. Includ-ing
these two, the number of regular employes at the end of
the biennium was sixteen.
Effective September 16, 1946, the director was given a
leave of absence through June 30, 1947, to serve as assistant
director of the World War II Records Project of the Nation-al
Archives in Washington, D. C, and during the director's
absence, Mr. Henry H. Eddy, chief of the Division of Ar-chives
and Manuscrips, served as acting director of the De-partment.
In Washington, the director sought to take advan-tage
of every opportunity to gain information that would be
valuable to the Department, both in connection with his
State Department of Archives and History 9
work in the National Archives and also by visiting state
archival agencies outside Washington. He also audited two
courses in archives work offered jointly by the American
University and the National Archives. He returned to his
duties as director on July 1, 1947.
During the biennium the following persons were em-ployed
by the Department
:
Permanent employes
:
Director—Christopher Crittenden, July 1-September 15, 1946; July
I, 1947-June 30, 1948 (on leave at the National Archives, Sep-tember
16, 1946-June 30, 1947)
Acting Director—Henry H. Eddy, September 16, 1946-June 30, 1947
Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts—Henry H. Eddy, July
1-September 16, 1946; July 1, 1947-May 11, 1948
Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts—W. F. Burton, May
12-June 30, 1948
Chief, Division of Publications—D. L. Corbitt
Chief, Division of Public Displays—Mrs. Joye E. Jordan
Senior Archivist—Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, July 1, 1947-June 30,
1948
Senior Archivist—Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, July 1, 1947- June 30,
1948
Senior Archivist—Mrs. W. S. West
Junior Archivist—Frances Harmon, December 1, 1946-June 30, 1948
Junior Archivist—Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, July 1, 1946-June 30,
1947
Junior Archivist—Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, July 1, 1946-June 30,
1947
Junior Librarian—Mrs. Thad N. Frye, July 1-October 31, 1946
Junior Library Assistant—Frances Williamson, July 1-September
30, 1946
Junior Museum Assistant—Manora Mewborn
Junior Museum Assistant—Dorothy D. Reynolds, September 1, 1947-
June 30, 1948
Researcher, Highway Markers—W. F. Burton, August 1, 1947-May
II, 1948
Researcher, Highway Markers—William S. Powell, June 1-30, 1948
Senior Stenographer-Clerk—Nell Hines
Senior Stenographer-Clerk—Doris Eileen Northcutt, November 1,
1946-September 6, 1947
Junior Stenographer-Clerk—Madora S. Powell, September 8-
October 31, 1947
Senior General Clerk—Eloise Fisher, November 7, 1947-June 30,
1948
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Junior Mail Clerk—Ernest Walker, July 1-6, 1946
Junior Mail Clerk—Ben Dunstan, August 8, 1946-June 30, 1948
Janitor-Messenger—Edward Freeman
Temporary employes
:
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration)—John 0.
Littleton, June 16-30, 1948
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration)—John L.
Sanders, June 16-30, 1948
Junior Archivist—Rosemary Carlson McNair, February 1-May 30,
1947
Junior Museum Assistant—Annie Maud Hire, June 1-August 31,
1947
Senior General Clerk—Eva J. Lawrence, March 22-June 30, 1948
Junior General Clerk (Emergency Relief Administration)—Robert
Broome, June 24-30, 1948
Junior General Clerk—Charles H. Thompson, August 6-9, 1947
Typist-Clerk—Mrs. William S. Ward, February 19-May 6, 1947
Typist-Clerk—Mrs. Dorothy F. Cunningham, November 24, 1947-
March 11, 1948
Junior Mail Clerk—Forrest H. Harmon, August 6-9, 1947
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES
The funds of the North Carolina Department of Archives
and History, like those of other departments and agencies
of the state, are appropriated by the legislature and are
allotted on a quarterly basis by the Budget Bureau. Appro-priations
and expenditures for the 1946-1948 biennium were
as follows
:
1946-1947 1947-1948
Appro- Expendi- Appro- Expendi-,
priation t tires priation tures
Salaries and Wages $24,938.00 $22,270.91 $36,496.00 $35,932.69
Supplies and Materials ...
.
550.00 523.54 600.00 573.70
Postage, Telephone, Tele-grams,
Express 675.00 666.35 750.00 731.07
Travel 1,275.00 907.21 1,955.00 1,920.29
Printing and Binding . . . 4,800.00 4,782.96 9,025.00 8,792.07
Repairs and Alterations . . 85.00 84.84 500.00 433.45
General Expense 200.00 106.44 300.00 229.12
Equipment 13,041.00 12,983.04 17,795.00 17,209.08
Manuscripts 150.00 140.00 400.00 252.50
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1946-1947 1947-1948
Appro- E.vpendi- Appro- Expendi-priation
tures priation tures
Records N. C. World War I 4,646.00 4,638.03
Broughton Letter Book . . . 675.00 673.41 570.00 568.12
Emergency Salaries 1,430.00 1,289.21
Emergency Bonus 2,362.00 2,321.89
Total 54,827.00 51,387.83 68,391.00 66,642.09
Less Estimated Receipts
and Deposits 400.00 781.96 13,570.00 14,355.20
Appropriation 54,427.00 50,605.87 54,821.00 52,286.89
Before the economic depression of the early nineteen-thirties,
the North Carolina Department of Archives and
History (then the Historical Commission) was receiving an
annual appropriation for historical work of more than
$30,000 (excluding the additional appropriation for the
Legislative Reference Library, which was administered by
the Historical Commission until April 1, 1933, when it was
transferred to the Attorney General's office) . At the bottom
of the depression the Commission's appropriation was cut
to $11,315, or only a little more than one-third the pre-depression
figure. As general business improved and as the
state's revenues increased and its financial status improved,
the appropriation was augmented until in 1947-1948 it was
$68,391, the highest figure yet reached.
The Department's annual appropriations and expendi-tures
for the past eighteen years have been as follows
:
Year Appropriation Expenditures
1930-1931 $30,865.00 $23,565.03
1931-1932 24,865.00 18,338.51
1932-1933 20,065.00 13,286.15
1933-1934 12,826.00 11,223.13
1934-1935 11,315.00 11,298.23
1935-1936 19,364.00 16,156.51
1936-1937 20,294.00 19,985.59
1937-1938 21,843.00 20,478.17
1938-1939 22,443.00 22,088.38
1939-1940 21,160.00 20,593.68
1940-1941 21,160.00 20,669.09
Appropriation
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lace by sending travelling exhibts throughout the state,
by the conduct of historical programs both in the Hall of
History and elsewhere, and in other ways.
In general, the Department should seek to carry its ser-vices
to the people of the state. It should promote and assist
in the conduct of local historical activities, encourage the
writing and publication of local histories of high standard,
carry exhibits of documents and museum items throughout
the state, and seek a closer tie-in with the public schools. The
Department's program should never be merely a negative
one, involving only waiting to meet requests for service—al-though
such requests should always be met if practicable.
Rather, the program should be active and positive, should
involve planning what needs to be done and carrying the
services of the Department to all parts of the state.
HISTORICAL MARKERS
The Twentieth Biennial Report of the State Department
of Archives and History, issued in the midst of World War
II for the years 1942-1944, could record no progress for the
historical marker program but anticipated that it "could
easily be resumed with the cessation of hostilities." Such
has proved to be the case.
Between January 10, 1936, when the first marker was
erected, pointing the way to the site in Granville County of
the home of John Penn, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, and the summer of 1942, when a scarcity of
metals for this type of work forced a suspension of the pro-gram,
a total of 440 markers had been approved. The pro-gram
was resumed on August 1, 1947, when Mr. W. F.
Burton, of Guilford County, joined the staff of the Depart-ment
from the graduate school of the University of North
Carolina where he is a candidate for the degree of doctor of
philosophy in history. On May 12, 1948, Mr. Burton became
chief of the Division of Archives and Manuscripts and on
June 1 the position of Researcher was taken over by Mr.
William S. Powell, a native of Johnston County and a gradu-ate
of the University of North Carolina. Mr. Powell came to
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the Department from Yale University where he had been a
member of the library staff.
Until 1942 a yearly appropriation of $5,000 was made for
the Historical Marker Program and each marker cost ap-proximately
$40. The appropriation in 1946-1948 was the
same as formerly, but the cost of manufacturing the
markers had risen to such an extent that for that amount
only 65 markers could be purchased, whereas previously the
number had been more than 100. During the biennium 42
new markers were aproved by the committee of historians
which passes upon inscriptions, and 23 old ones which had
been damaged during preceding years were replaced.
The directive contained in the act passed by the legisla-ture
in 1935 authorizing the Historical Marker Program re-mains
the guide in considering proposed markers. A com-mittee
of the state's leading historians meets at frequent
intervals "to designate . . . points of historic interest in the
order of their importance, and to provide appropriate word-ing
for their proper marking." This committee, which serves
without charge to the state except for the payment of travel-ing
expenses, is composed of R. D. W. Connor, Cecil John-son,
Hugh T. Lefler, and A. R. Newsome of the University
of North Carolina; W. B. Hamilton and R. H. Woody of
Duke University ; F. W. Clonts and G. W. Paschal of Wake
Forest College ; J. W. Patton and L. W. Barnhardt of State
College ; and Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College.
In line with the revived marker program was a redesign-ing
of the markers themselves. Plans and specifications
were drawn up by members of the Department of Archives
and History and the Department of Conservation and De-velopment
with the cooperation of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission. Bids were called for on Novem-ber
24, 1947, they were opened ten days later, and the con-tract
was awarded to Sewah Studios, Marietta, Ohio.
In general appearance the markers were not strikingly
different from the old model. They were of aluminum
whereas formerly many of them were of cast iron. In the
past an iron post was used upon which the inscription plate
was set ; the new post was of concrete reinforced with steel
State Department of Archives and History 15
rods and covered with a sheath of aluminum. The top of
the new post extended into a stirrup into which inscription
plates could be fitted interchangeably.
The new markers, when seen in contrast with the old,
appeared more substantial and at the same time the new
type face gave an impression of neatness together with easy
readability. Lower case type as well as upper was now used
Hist( rical marker of the new type adopted in 1947. This one stands on Edenton
Street, on the north side of Capitol Square, in Raleigh.
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for inscriptions, whereas formerly upper case was used ex-clusively.
It was believed that the new markers would be
less likely to be damaged upon contact with moving vehicles
than were the old ones. By terms of the contract with the
manufacturer, the new markers were guaranteed against
breakage.
In connection with the revitalized marker program, an
analysis was completed of the markers erected since the
beginning of the program. A breakdown and an index were
made to indicate: (1) the markers erected in the three
geographical divisions of the state—coastal plain, piedmont,
and mountains; (2) the markers in each county; (3) the
markers erected to commemorate occurrences in various
historical periods; and (4) the primary subject of each
marker. An alphabetized subject index- was also prepared.
The use of these indexes, it was expected, would insure the
growth of the marker program along even lines not only
in subject matter and historical periods covered, but also,
insofar as feasible, in the just allocation of the markers
throughout the state.
New markers approved for erection after the resumption
of the program on August 1, 1947, were
:
District A: Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank,
and Perquimans counties:
John Harvey (site of home). Perquimans County.
Dempsey Burgess (grave). Camden County.
Isaac Gregory (home). Camden County.
District B : Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington
counties
:
Josephus Daniels (birthplace). Beaufort County.
District C : Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties
:
Fort Point. Craven County.
District E : Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and
Warren counties
:
Roanoke Canal. Halifax County.
Roanoke Canal. Halifax County.
Warrenton Male Academy. Warren County.
William Miller (home). Warren County.
Bragg Home. Warren County.
Hutchins G. Bui'ton (home). Halifax County.
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District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson
counties
:
Curtis H. Brogden (home). Wayne County.
District G: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Pei*son,
and Vance counties:
Bingham School. Alamance County.
Bingham School. Orange County.
Bingham School. Orange County.
Bingham School. Alamance County.
William A. Graham (home). Orange County.
James O'Kelly (grave). Durham County.
Kittrell's Springs. Vance County.
Calvin Graves (home). Caswell County.
William Hawkins (home). Vance County.
Oxford College. Granville County.
James Turner (home). Vance County.
Bingham School. Vance County.
Paper Mill. Orange County.
District H : Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties
:
Josephus Daniels (home). Wake County.
Plank Road. Harnett County.
Egypt Coal Mine. Lee County.
Smiley's Falls. Harnett County.
District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties:
Plank Road. Guilford County.
"Land of Eden." Rockingham County.
The Fourth House. Forsyth County.
District K: Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and
Richmond counties
:
Plank Road. Moore County.
Plank Road. Moore County.
Plank Road. Randolph County.
Henry William Harrington (grave). Richmond County.
District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union
counties
:
Third Creek Church. Rowan County.
S. B. Alexander (home). Mecklenburg County.
District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Ruther-ford
counties:
Plato Durham (home). Cleveland County.
William A. Graham (birthplace). Lincoln County.
District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Tran-sylvania
counties
:
Augustus S. Merrimon (birthplace). Transylvania County.
Bingham School. Buncombe County.
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DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS
W. F. Burton, Chief
The work of the Division was hindered during the bien-nium
by the fact that the same person did not remain as
its chief. During the nine and one-half months' leave of ab-sence
of the Department's director, the chief of the Division
served as acting director, leaving vacant the headship of the
Division. When the director returned to his desk, the chief
was free to resume his duties as head of the Division, but
only about ten months later he resigned to accept a position
in another state, so the Division once again fell into new
hands.
Despite these interruptions a constant attempt was made
to move nearer the ideal of putting all materials in proper
order and bringing them under minute control, with the
ultimate objective of making the archives and manuscripts
as efficiently and easily serviced as possible. An impediment
in the way of this desired progress was the fact that the
stack areas were necessarily in a state of disorder. With
faulty air conditioning equipment and an insufficient num-ber
of stacks, aggravated by wartime shortages, many of
the Department's materials were inaccessible until late in
the biennium.
NEW EQUIPMENT
The outlook became much brighter during the last quarter
of the period. The beginning of work on the extension of
air conditioning ducts to facilitate the flow of conditioned
air through the stacks, together with the letting of the con-tract
for new stack equipment for the mezzanine level,
necessitated promptness in the moving of records to make
room for crews of workmen. This made it possible to place
a number of records on the lower level, and in improved
order. Here was an opportunity to make room for much
needed equipment and to improve service to the public at
the same time.
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EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION RECORDS
Of major importance was the beginning of the work on
the Emergency Relief Administration records stored in the
Department's warehouse at the State Fairgrounds. These
records, created from 1933 to 1935, were turned over to the
Department in 1941. This proved to be an unfortunate time
for the Department to take custody of such a large body of
records, for the reason that competent personnel was un-obtainable
so that material of necessity remained in an un-controlled
condition for want of processing.
On June 16, 1948, two students from the University of
North Carolina were employed to work on these records
until time for school to open in the fall, and it was expected
that by fall the records would be made available for ad-ministrative
and research purposes.
RELATIONS WITH OTHER AGENCIES
Aside from these important developments late in the
biennium, other significant work was in progress. The Di-vision
continued to work closely with other state agencies
by helping them to solve their records problems. During the
period the chief of the Division succeeded in surveying the
records in almost every other state agency. These survey
reports were placed on file in the archives where they were
made available for use in attempts to deal with problems of
preserving or disposing of noncurrent records in the cus-tody
of other agencies.
CLASSIFICATION AND ARRANGEMENT
The work of classifying and arranging such archives of
the office of the Secretary of State as were in the custody
of the Department of Archives and History was continued.
A total of 860 boxes and 138 volumes, including thousands
of manuscripts of 25 different classifications, was thus
processed. The labelling of these boxes and volumes was
being continued at the end of the biennium. In addition,
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thousands of vouchers from the Comptroller's and Trea-surer's
offices were arranged and made available to the
public. At the end of the biennium the World War II col-lection
was in the final stage of listing and boxing and it
was hoped that this project would be completed within the
near future.
Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, a member of the Department's staff, examining a map at
the specially designer! map cases which contain more than 1,700 maps.
State Department of Archives and History 21
In 1947 Mrs. Eric Norden of Wilmington presented to the
Department a group of survey plats drawn for the most part
by her husband, the late Erie Norden, civil engineer. There
are approximately 142 maps included in this collection
covering an area of 14 counties located chiefly in south-eastern
North Carolina. The surveys consist mostly of
tracings on cloth but also include a limited number of prints
on paper. An inventory of this collection was prepared, as
well as a biographical sketch of Eric Norden, and it was
expected that this would soon be printed in pamphlet form.
The maps were arranged, numbered, and filed according to
county, so that they were accessible to the public.
REPAIR AND BINDING
Much of the time of the restorer of manuscripts was
devoted to repairing. Of the 109 manuscripts crepelined and
"backed," 60 required slight repairs. Of the 225 manuscript,
typescript, and printed volumes rebound, 25 needed slight
repairs.
USE OF RECORDS
The number of visits to the search room, 5,105, exceeded
that of any previous 24-month period. This was an increase
of 952, or 17 per cent over the 4,253 visits for 1940-1942,
the largest previous number. Of these 5,105 visits, 4,113
were made by residents of North Carolina while the other
992 represented 34 states and the District of Columbia.
State by state, the statistics are as follows
:
Alabama 57 Iowa 2
Arizona 26 Kansas . . . 17
Arkansas 3 Kentucky 7.
California 22 Louisiana 20
Connecticut 12 Maryland 12
District of Columbia 54 Massachusetts 3
Florida 147 Michigan 4
Georgia 76 Mississippi 76
Illinois 25 Missouri 74
Indiana 22 New Hampshire 4
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New Jersey 10 Tennessee 57
New Mexico 2 Texas 79
New York 24 Utah 9
North Carolina 4,113 Vermont 19
Ohio 12 Virginia 55
Oklahoma 6 West Virginia 7
Oregon 4 Wisconsin 3
Pennsylvania 20
South Carolina 22 Total 5,105
Figures for such visits during each biennium since 1926
are as follows
:
1926-1928 1,987 1938-1940 3,918
1928-1930 2,859 1940-1942 4,253
1930-1932 3,259 1942-1944 2,318
1932-1934 2,666 1944-1946 3,341
1934-1936 2,999 1946-1948 5,105
1936-1938 3,423
In addition to meeting visitors and making materials
available to them, much of the search room attendant's time
was devoted to seeking correct answers to enquiries which
the Department received through the mails. In each case
there was an attempt to be as helpful as possible without
putting too much strain on the limited staff. Even so, these
routine investigations were handled in increasing numbers.
Of the 1,417 mail enquires, 1,231 originated outside of
North Carolina in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
In addition, 30 enquiries were answered by telephone.
The number of photocopies furnished by the Department,
2,303, exceeded by 512 the number furnished during
the previous biennium. Of the total number furnished,
707 were sent to North Carolina addresses while the
others went to 33 states and the District of Columbia. State
by state the statistics are as follows
:
Alabama 20 Colorado 2
Arizona 1 Connecticut 8
Arkansas 8 Florida 369
California 27 Georgia 46
District of Columbia 89 Idaho 1
State Department of Archives and History 23
Illinois 19
Indiana 24
Iowa 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky 27
Louisiana 52
Maryland 19
Massachusetts 18
Michigan 39
Mississippi 52
Missouri 40
New Jersey 79
New York 96
North Carolina 707
Ohio 34
Oklahoma 4
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 14
South Carolina 20
Tennessee 59
Texas 178
Utah 1
Virginia 219
West Virginia 3
Wisconsin 2
Total 2,303
The number of certified copies furnished also showed a
marked increase. During the 1944-1946 biennium a total of
274 were furnished, while for the 1946-1948 period 435 were
furnished, an increase of 37 per cent. Of these 435 copies,
107 were sent to North Carolina addresses while the others
went to 29 states and the District of Columbia
:
Alabama 15
Arkansas 8
Arizona 1
California 5
District of Columbia 15
Florida 8
Georgia 19
Illinois 7
Indiana 6
Iowa 10
Kansas 5
Kentucky 11
Louisiana 19
Maryland 2
Mississippi 32
Missouri 9
New Mexico 2
New York 9
North Carolina 98
Ohio 6
Oklahoma 2
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 5
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 17
Texas 47
Utah 3
Virginia 17
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 2
Total 435
Aside from the usual genealogical research, there was an
increase in the number of visits by persons classified as
"students" and "historians." The number, 1,205, showed a
300 per cent increase over the number of such visits for
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the 1944-1946 period. The colleges and universities from
which such investigators came were:
University of Alabama
Atlanta University
Birmingham-Southern College
Campbell College
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Davidson College
Dickinson College
Duke University
Hebrew Union College
Howard University
University of Kentucky
Louisiana State University
Meredith College
Robeson County State Normal
School for Cherokee Indians
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College of Durham
University of North Carolina
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina
Peace College
Princeton University
St. Augustine's College
Shaw University
State Negro Teacher's College
John B. Stetson University
University of Texas
Wake Forest College
Washington University, St. Louis
University of Wisconsin
Yale University
The following selected list of non-genealogical subjects
under investigation serves to show the type of research
pursued
:
Biography
:
Charles B. Aycock
John Gray Blount
William R. Davie
Charles D. Mclver
Zebulon B. Vance
Social, economic, and cultural history:
Naval Stores Industry in the Ante-Bellum South
Documentary History of Education in the South
History of Public Welfare Administration in North Carolina
Logging Railroads in North Carolina
Beginnings of Literary Culture in North Carolina
Local and specialized history:
Northampton County
Wake County
Union County
Edenton
Roanoke River
Political and governmental activities:
The North Carolina Black Codes
The North Carolina Council of State
The Confederate Congress
State Department of Archives and History 25
Advisory Opinions of the North Carolina Supi'eme Court
Anti-Slavery
Military history:
The War of the Regulation
Stoneman's Raid
North Carolina Militia, 1783-1812
The Revolutionary War
The Union Army in North Carolina
Religion:
Episcopal School and Hillsboro Academy
Religious Toleration
Morganton Presbyterian Church
History of Olive Chapel
History of Baptist Sunday Schools
Indians ;
Legends and Romances of the Cherokee Indians
History of the Cherokee Indians
DISPLAYS
In addition to the services mentioned above, it is a prac-tice
of the Division of Archives and Manuscripts to furnish
documents for display in the Hall of History. Perhaps the
most significant display for which this Division furnished
documents during the period was the Freedom Train Ex-hibit.
The following items were used
:
Trade Instruction of Governor Arthur Dobbs, 1761
Regulator petition, 1768
North Carolina Gazette, Nov. 20, 1765
Resolutions of First Provincial Congress meeting at New Bern, 1774
A proclamation of Royal Governor Josiah Martin, 1775
Printed Journal of Proceedings of Provincial Congress at Halifax,
1776
Manuscript Journal of Proceedings of Provincial Congress at Hali-fax,
1776
Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Letter from William Hooper to Richard Bennehan, no date
Letter from John Penn to Governor Caswell, 1777
Letter from Joseph Hewes to Samuel Johnston, 1775
Letter from Richard Caswell to James Iredell, 1779
Document signed by Abner Nash, 1779
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Letter from Cornelius Harnett to Richard Quince, 1775
Letter from Samuel Ashe to House of Commons, 1777
First state constitution, 1776
Facsimile of first page of national Constitution, 1787
Letter from William Blount to John Gray Blount, 1787
Letter from Richard D. Spaight to John Gray Blount, 1789
Letter from Hugh Williamson to Dr. Williamson, 1790
Journal of Hillsboro Convention, 1788
Journal of Fayetteville Convention, 1789
Bill to establish the University, 1789
Among other items furnished, the following were for a
special textbook display:
Manuscript arithmetic, James Mumford, 1784
Manuscript arithmetic, 1811
Lectures on Female Education, James M. Garnett, Richmond, 1824
American Blue Back Spelling Book, Noah Webster, New Brunswick,
1829
The Little Girl's Oivn Book, Mrs. Child, Boston, 1831
The Confederate Spelling Book. Richmond, 1865
The Dixie Primer for the Little Folks, Mrs. M. B. Moore, Raleigh,
1863
The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children, Mrs. M. B. Moore,
Raleigh, 1863
ACCESSIONS
The following items were accessioned during the period:
I. Additions to Collections.
1. Records of state departments and agencies:
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy papers. Samples of exami-nation
papers. 2 cartons. Given by the North Carolina Board of
Pharmacy, Mr. H. C. McAllister, Secretary-Treasurer, Chapel
Hill.
North Carolina Medical Care Commission. Minute book, Oc-tober
11, 1944. Loose leaf. Given by Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh.
Public-Local and Private Laws Index, North Carolina, 1900-
45. Edited and issued by Mr. Thad Eure, Secretary of State. Pp.
606. Given by the editor.
Superintendent of Public Instruction. Report of the Sub-
Committee on Textbooks. Manuscript copy. Undated. Given by
the Secretary of State,
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First page of a copy of the Carolina charter of 1665. Preserved by the Department of
Archives and History.
State Department of Archives and History 29
Division of Purchase and Contract. Printing jackets, 1939-45;
purchase orders and bid tabulations. 38 E boxes. Given by the
Division of Purchase and Contract.
North Carolina National Park, Parkway, and Forests Develop-ment
Commission. Vouchers, purchase orders, purchase and
title files, funds, condemnation suits, and cash books. 17 trans-files.
Given by North Carolina National Park, Parkway, and
Forests Development Commission.
Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics, Farm
Census, 1922-40, and Grain Reports, 1937-43. 245 E boxes. Given
by Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics.
Board of CoiTection and Training. Auditor's Annual Reports,
1930-46. State Industrial Farm Colony for Women ("Dobbs
Farm"), Kinston. 286 multicopy pages, and clipping file in
envelope. Given by Mr. S. E. Leonard, Commissioner, Board of
Correction and Training.
Local Government Commission. Audit reports, 1938-41; finan-cial
reports, 1939-42. 21 E boxes. Given by Local Government
Commission.
Attorney General. Bureau of Investigation Reports on Audit,
1943-47. 10 reports. Typed. Given by the Attorney General's
Office.
Governor. 5 cartons of official papers, 1941-45; 3 Notary
Public Cash Books, March, 1939-October, 1940; October, 1940-
July, 1943; August, 1943-December, 1945; 2 volumes of Court
Assignments by Governors' Hoey and Broughton, Special and
Regular Judges (In Lieu), July, 1939-June, 1942; Special Terms
of Court, December, 1931-September, 1943; and labor mobiliza-tion
correspondence, 1943-1944. Given by Governor R. Gregg
Cherry.
2. County records:
Deeds from Burke and Lincoln counties, 1794-1835. Given by
Mrs. C. A. Cannon, Concord.
Craven County : warrant for the arrest of Bernard Parkinson,
1 page. Given by Missouri Superior Court Library, Jefferson
City, Missouri.
Orange County: 6 volumes. Minute docket, court of equity,
1789-1793 (withdrawn) ; minute docket, court of equity, 1855-
1864; execution docket, 1853-1861; guardian accounts, 1835-
1853; inventories and sales of estates, 1861-1867. Given by clerk
of superior court, Hillsboro.
Pasquotank County: Wardens of the Poor, 1831-1868. 1
volume. Given by Mr. A. H. Outlaw, superintendent of public
welfare, Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City.
Wayne County: Tax lists, 1878-1910. 32 volumes, together
with a few fragments. Given by clerk of superior court, Golds-boro.
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3. Diaries
:
Extracts from the Diary of Benjamin Elberfield Atkins . .
1848-1909. Compiled by his sons, Emmet D. and Jas. W. Atkins,
Gastonia, N. C, 1947. Privately published for family circulation.
Pp. 97. Gift from Post Office Box 238, Gastonia.
Shirt-Sleeve Diplomat or The Annotated Diary of John Gus-tavus
Adolphus Williamson of Person County, North Carolina,
first diplomatic representative of the United States to Vene-zuela,
1835-1840. Edited by Nancy Jane Lucas. 552 typed pages.
Bound volume. Given by Miss Nancy Jane Lucas, 3289 Louisiana
Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
4. Personal Papers:
Lyman C. Draper Papers. Journal of Draper, May 2-21, 1901.
15 pages photocopied. Given by the Historical Society of Wis-consin,
816 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
W. R. Freeman Collection, 1812-74. Letter from J. F. E. Hardy
to M. King, July 6, 1861. A.L.S. Given by Mrs. P. F. Patton,
Hendersonville.
Clarence W. Griffin Papers. Proceedings. Seventy-Third An-nual
North Carolina Press Association, Raleigh, September 20-
21, 1945. Pp. 56; North Carolina Press History, July 1, 1945, to
July 1, 1946. Compiled by Clarence W. Griffin, Historian. 8
typed pages; photograph of North Carolina Press Associ-tion
officials, 1946-47. 2 copies; North Carolina Press Associ-ation
historical report, loose leaf; and Press Association rec-ords,
1946-47. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City.
Joseph Hewes Papers. Facsimile of a letter signed "J. P. J."
(John Paul Jones), October 31, 1776, to Joseph Hewes. 4 pages,
photocopy. Given by Capt. H. A. Baldridge, director, Museum of
the U. S. N. A., Annapolis, Maryland.
B. W. Kilgore Papers, 1895-1921. 19 letter box files and 4
binding case files. Given by Mr. James D. Kilgore, 2512 Canter-bury
Road, Raleigh.
Clipping file of A. J. Maxwell, 1929-1942. 8 E boxes. Given by
Mr. Raymond Maxwell, Raleigh.
Dr. Arthur Wyatt Collection. Invitation, letter, bill of sale,
receipts, etc. Given by Mrs. S. W. Sparger, Route 2, Cool Mill
Pond Road, Durham.
5. Newspapers
:
The Valdese News, Valdese, N. C, October 27, 1943. Fiftieth
Anniversary Edition. Vol. V, no. 46. Miss Beatrice Cobb, pub-lisher.
Given by Dr. Christopher Crittenden, Raleigh.
The Messenger and Intelligencer, Wadesboro, N. C, R. B.
Boylin, editor. Vol. XXXVII, no. 31, August 2, 1917. Given by
State Department of Archives and History 31
Misses Elizabeth and Virginia Horn, 206 Green Street, Wades-boro.
Massachusetts centinel, Boston. Warden & Russell, publishers.
Twice weekly. January 21 and 25, 1786. Purchased from the
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
The Piper Cub, vol. 1, no. 2, November 15, 1946. 4 mimeo-graphed
pages. Given by Mr. L. Malcolm Clark, Southern Pines
Public Schools, Southern Pines.
The Pennsylvania Gazette. Weekly. No. 129. April 29 to May
6, 1731, and May 6 to May 13, 1731. Printed by B. Franklin and
H. Meredith. 4 pages photocopied. Given by Mr. William S.
Powell, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut.
6. Pamphlets:
Measurements of Points in North Carolina and Tennessee by
Arnold Guyot, U. S. S. All altitudes given as above sea level.
Copied from North Carolina Citizen, of Asheville, January 4,
1872. Schofield School Press, Aiken, S. C, 1890. Pp. 11. Given by
Mr. Bart Anderson, O'ermead Farm, West Chester, Pennsyl-vania.
Pioneer Sketches of the Upper Whitewater Valley: Quaker
Stronghold of the West. By Bernhard Knollenberg. (Indiana-polis:
Indiana Historical Society. 1945. Pp. 171.) Given by Mr.
Byron L. Bond, 211 North 8th Street, Richmond, Indiana.
"Hog Raising and Hog Driving in the Region of the French
Broad River," by Edmund Cody Burnett. Reprinted from Agri-cultural
History, 20: 86-103 (April, 1946). Given by Mr. Edmund
Cody Burnett, 1204 Newton Street N. E., Washington 17, D. C.
Our Living and Our Dead; Devoted to North Carolina—Her
Past, Her Present and Her Future. Published at Raleigh, S. D.
Pool, editor. Vol. I : September, 1874, to February, 1875. Pp. 98.
Given by Mr. C. C. Chadburn, 415 South Front Street, Wilming-ton.
Gaston (County) Centennial, souvenir program. October 7-12,
[1946]. Given by Governor R. Gregg Cherry, Raleigh.
The Duke Endoivment Year Book No. H. Including Annual
Reports of the Hospital and Orphan Sections. Published Septem-ber
1946. Pp. 41. Given by The Duke Endowment, Charlotte.
The following five pamphlets were given by Mr. C. M. Gibbs,
Dunn
:
Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Annual Session
of the Synod of North Carolina, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-four.
Held at the Presbyterian Orphans' Home, Barium Springs.
September 5-7, 1944. Pp. 107.
Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Annual Ses-sion
of the Synod of North Carolina, Nineteen Hundred and
32 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Forty-five. Held at Davidson College and Davidson College Pres-byterian
Church, Davidson. October 9-11, 1945. Pp. 114.
Minutes of FayetteviUe Presbytery. Stated Meetings. October,
1945; January and April, 1946. Pro Re Nata Meeting, Davidson.
Pp. 61.
Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Annual Session
of the Synod of North Carolina, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-six.
Held at Queen's College, Charlotte. September 3-5, 1946.
(Charlotte: Standard Printing Company. Pp. 461.)
Minutes of FayetteviUe Presbytery. Called Meetings—Fayette-viUe.
. . . Stated Meetings October, 1946-January, 1947 . . . ,
First Presbyterian Church, Maxton. April 15, 1947. Pp. 44. Press
of Oxford (Masonic) Orphanage, Oxford.
The Transylvania Company: A Study in Personnel. I. James
Hogg. By Archibald Henderson. Reprinted from The Filson
History Quarterly, January, 1947. Pp. 21; and II. Thomas Hart,
July, 1947. Pp. 14. Given by Dr. Archibald Henderson, Chapel
Hill.
History of the General Assembly of North Carolina. January
9-March 13, 1895, Inclusive. (Raleigh, N. C: E. M. Uzzell Print-er
and Binder—1895. Pp. 160.) Given by Mr. Wra. D. Kizziah,
Salisbury.
The following three pamphlets were given by Mrs. Adair M.
McKoy, 101 Mimosa Place Wilmington:
A Story of the Cape Fear. By James Sprunt. Published by
Harper's Steamboat Line. (Wilmington, N. C: Morning Star
Electric Power Presses. 1909. Pp. 16.)
A History of the North Carolina Society of the Colonial
Dames of America. By Jean Dalziel Wood. Pp. 52.
Historical Sketch of the Oakdale Cemetery Co., with the
Charter, By-Laws and Rules Governing the Grounds Generally.
(Wilmington, N. C: Review Job Office, Print. Pp. 21.)
Peace College: A Pageayit of the History of the College, 1872-
19 A7. Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2, 1947. (Raleigh: Edwards
& Broughton Co.) 2 copies. Given by Mr. N. L. Walker, Kinston.
Reprint of article, "The South's First Cotton Factory," by
Samuel C. Williams. Pp. 10. {Tennessee Historical Quarterly,
vol. V, no. 3, September, 1946, by The Tennessee Historical Com-mission.)
Given by Mr. Samuel C. Williams, Johnson City,
Tennessee.
7. Maps:
"Roanoke River Basin, Buggs Island Reservoir, Roanoke
River, Va.-N. C." 39V2 "x27". Scale, 1" to 10 miles. Photocopy.
Original in possession of Mr. J. L. Coe, 213 Watson Building,
Greensboro.
State Department of Archives and History 33
(Oxford, North Carolina.) 16 1/^"xl4". Photocopy. Original
in possession of Mrs. E. G. Moss, Oxford.
Eric Norden Collection. 142 linen tracings covering land areas
located chiefly in southeastern North Carolina and drawn by
Eric Norden of Wilmington. Given by Mrs. Ei'ic Norden, Wil-mington.
Florida et Apalche, and Norvmbega et Virginia 1567. Descrip-tions
Ptolemaicae Avgmentvm, siue Occidentis Notitia Breui
commentario illustrata, et hac secunda editione magna sui parte
aucta. Cornelio Wytfliet Louaniensi auctore. Dvaci [Douai]
Apud franciscum fabri Biblio polam iuratum, Anno 1603. Given
by Mr. William S. Powell, Raleigh.
"Old Oregon Territory," 1948. 22 1,i" x 17*4". Published and
given by the Territorial Centennial Commission, 824 S. W. Fifth
Avenue, Portland 4, Oregon.
Genealogical:
"The Aydelott Family Association Bulletins." Nos. 44-49. 35
multicopied pages. Given by Mr. George Carl Aydelott, 30 Rocke-feller
Plaza, New York City.
Records of Bryan Family graveyard, Mclver Family grave-yard,
Cool Spring Church, and Buffalo Presbyterian Church
cemeteries. 3 typed pages. Given by Mr. William D. Bennett,
Rocky Mount.
"Official Records of The Shelby Family of North and South
Carolina." Compiled by Mr. L. Polk Denmark, Raleigh. Given by
the compiler.
Outline of the Johnson Family prepared by Mrs. George C.
Lewis, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 2 typed pages, 1 manu-script
chart, and a letter to Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest
City, from Mrs. George C. Lewis. Given by Mr. Clarence W.
Griffin.
Perry, Slabaugh, Waxelland, Green, Rhem, Lane, Harold,
Franck, and Miller genealogies. 12 typed pages. Given by
Miss Sybil Hyatt, Kinston.
"Finch Family Association," Bulletin no. 6, April, 1946. Pp.
26-30. Mimeographed. Given by Mr. Pearl A. Marshall, 1734
Ardendale Avenue, San Gabriel, California.
"Autobiography and Reminiscences of Israel Mitchell." 26
typed pages. Gives by Mr. H. M. Painter, 200 I Avenue, Coro-nado,
California.
Powell Bible records. 1 page photocopy. Given by Mr. L. R.
Powell, 1676 Walker Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.
Stevmrt Clan Magazine, Olathe, Kansas, vol. XXIV, nos. 9, 10;
and vol. XXV, nos. 1, 4, 7. George Thomas Edison, editor. Given
by the editor.
34 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Material on the Mathis family, compiled by Mr. Folks Hux-ford,
Homerville, Georgia. Given by Mrs. John S. Welborn, High
Point.
Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution. By Mary S. Lock-wood,
. . . 1890-91. Revised ... by Susan Riviere Hetbell . . .
(Washington, D. C. 1908. P. 378.) Given by Mrs. Guy Withers,
1735 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.
9. Speeches and addresses:
The Great Union Speech of Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, Vice-
President of the Southern Confederacy. Undated. 1 page. Given
by Mr. Bart Anderson, O'ermead Farm, West Chester, Penn-sylvania.
Growing Carolina. By President H. W. Chase—Excerpts from
the President's address delivered at the beginning of the 129th
session of the University—the first to the faculty, the second
to the students at the formal opening. Printed by The General
Alumni Association, October, 1922. Pp. 24. Given by Mrs. John
M. Winfree, 330 Hillsboro Street, Raleigh.
Papers read before the North Carolina Society for the Preser-vation
of Antiquities at the annual meeting, December 5, 1946:
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, 6 typed pages, Mrs. Duncan
Winston Wales, 8 typed pages, and Mr. John W. Graham, 8
typed pages. Given by Mrs. E. A. Branch, secretary-treasurer,
North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities,
Raleigh.
Radio broadcast commemorating Robert E. Lee, Thomas J.
Jackson, Generals, and Mathew Fountaine Maury . . . Written
and given by Mrs. W. F. Harding, Alfred M. Waddell Chapter,
U. D. C, Kinston, January 19, 1947. 3 typed pages. Given by
Mr. N. L. Walker, Kinston.
Governors' Conference speeches, 1947. Given by Governor R.
Gregg Cherry, Raleigh.
10. Radio recordings:
"Installation—Raleigh City Council." July 1, 1947. 2 record-ings.
Given by Mr. Fred Fletcher, Station Manager, WRAL,
Raleigh.
Political campaign of Senator William B. Umstead, 1948. 11
recordings. Given by Umstead Headquarters, Raleigh.
11. Microfilms:
Calendar of the North Carolina Spanish Records. 2 rolls,
negative and positive. Given by Mr. Albert C. Manucy, National
Park Service, St. Augustine, Florida.
State Department of Archives and History 35
Pilgrim Church records of Lexington. Microfilm made for the
Department of Archives and History. Original loaned by Mr.
Clell B. Clodfelter, Route 1, Thomasville.
Minute Book of Fayetteville Light Infantry, 1793-1844. 2 rolls,
negative and positive. Purchased through Mr. Jesse Jones
Weisiger, Presidential Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia.
12. Civil War Collection:
Appomattox terms of surrender, April 9, 1865. 1 page. Photo-copy.
Given by Mrs. Albert Lee May, 4327 Chamberlayne Ave-nue,
Richmond 22, Virginia.
Regimental clothing books. 10 volumes. Gift from the National
Archives, Washington, D. C.
Pardon of G. Webb, April 27, 1865. Given by Mr. F. T. Banks,
121 South Davie Street, Greensboro.
Civil War papers of P. M. Mull, Capt., Company F, 55th Regi-ment,
North Carolina troops, and a copy of The Spirit of the
Age, vol. XIV, no. 42, June 8, 1863. Given by Mrs. C. A. Cannon,
Concord.
Records relating to 0. R. Smith and other Civil War activities
:
photocopies of letters, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, etc. Given
by Mrs. Glenn Long, 630 North Main Avenue, Newton.
13. World War I Collection:
The New York Herald, European Edition—Paris, Friday,
September 6, 1918. Pp. 4, and The Stars and Stripes, France,
Friday, September 27, 1918. Pp. 8. Given by Dr. George L.
Pritchard, Black Mountain.
George W. Mclver papers, relating to his service in the 81st
or Wildcat Division. 1 box. Given by Mrs. George W. Mclver,
Edgartown, Massachusetts.
George W. Mclver papers, article, "North Carolinians at
West Point before the Civil War," by George W. Mclver. 50
typed pages. Given by Mr. George W. Mclver, Jr., 11 Shore View
Road, Port Washington, New York.
James William Alston papers, handbook and map. Given by
Mr. Harry T. Davis, State Museum, Raleigh.
Individual service records, alphabetically arranged. 59 boxes.
Photocopies. Made from originals in Adjutant General's Office,
Raleigh.
14. World War II Collection:
Office of Civilian Defense records. 21 cardboard boxes. Given
by the Budget Bureau, Raleigh.
American War Mothers. Applications for membership. 1 B
box. Given by Mrs. W. D. Pemberton, Concord.
36 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
A History of Cabarrus County in the Wars. Published by the
War Records Collection Committee and Sponsored by Cabarrus
County, 1947. Pp. 432. Given by the publisher, Concord.
Material relating to the war record of Colonel Westray Battle
Boyce. Given by Mrs. Jacob Battle, 408 Wildwood Avenue, West
Haven, Rocky Mount.
Records of Martin County soldiers. 1 box. Given by Mr. Fran-cis
Manning, Williamston.
Letter from Miss Frances C. Pope, 149th WAAC Post Head-quarters
Co., APO 512, New York, to Mrs. William S. West,
316 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, and given by Mrs. West.
U. S. 0. activities in North Carolina towns during World War
II. About V2 cubic foot. Given by Miss Alyce Lee Penick, Region-al
Office Secretary, U.S.O. 639 Central National Bank Building,
Richmond 19, Virginia.
15. Miscellaneous:
The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children. By Mrs.
M. B. Moore. (Raleigh: Branson, Farrar & Co., Publishers.
Biblical Recorder Print. 1863. Pp. 48.)
Maury's Geographical Series. First Lessons in Geography.
(New York: University Publishing Company. New York. 1879.
Pp. 62.) Given by Mrs. John S. Welborn, High Point.
Henderson County Centennial, 1947. Material relating to the
Centennial. Given by Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton, Henderson-ville.
Political Campaign material. Placards and folders. Given by
Umstead Headquarters, Raleigh.
The Graduate School Research and Publications. Edited with
a Foreword by Edgar W. Knight and Agatha Boyd Adams.
(Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1946.
Pp. viii-461.) Given by the University of North Carolina Press,
Chapel Hill.
"List of the Inhabitants of Windsor, N. C, March 27th Anno
Domini 1852." 2 manuscript pages. Given by Mr. S. E. W. Ken-ney,
Local Government Commission, Raleigh.
The General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter, U. D. C,
Papers. Registrar's Records Book, 1910-24. Given by Mrs. M. R.
Medlin, Registrar, 1904 Fairview Road, Raleigh.
African Twins material. 12 items. Given by Mr. Bertram
Millar, 216 East 46th Street, New York 17, N. Y.
The Story of Henderson County. By Mrs. Sadie Smathers
Patton. (Asheville: The Miller Printing Co. 1947. Pp. xvii, 290.)
Given by the author, Hendersonville.
"A History of Alexander County, N. C." By William E. White.
Published in the Taylorsville Times in 1926. Copied from a
State Department of Archives and History 37
scrap book of Mrs. Bynum C. Deal, Davidson. Prepared under
the auspices of the Alexander County Historical Society, Tay-lorsville.
75 mimeographed pages. Given by Mr. Robert S.
Echerd, 3629 Rogers Street, Charlotte.
"Early Post Offices in Alexander County." 12 typed pages.
Given by Mr. Robert S. Echerd, 3629 Rogers Street, Charlotte.
A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to American History in
British Depositories. Reproduced for The Division of Manu-scripts
of the Library of Congress. By Grace Gardner Griffin.
The Library of Congress, 1947. Pp. xvi-313. U. S. Government
Printing Office: 1946. Given by Dr. Christopher Crittenden,
Raleigh.
British Army Discharge of Andrew Sickner, October, 1783.
Purchased from Mr. Munroe d'Antignac, Griffin, Georgia.
Log Book of the Schooner Franklin—Edenton. 1788. Pur-chased
from Mr. Munroe d'Antignac, Griffin, Georgia.
Lottery advertisement, June 4th, 1825. 1 page. Given by Mr.
Bart Anderson, O'ermead Farm, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
"Abstract of Wills, Halifax County, North Carolina. 1760-
1830." Mimeographed copy. Purchased from Mrs. Leon Ander-son,
Halifax.
Charter of the State Society of North Carolina Daughters of
Colonial Wars. Given by Mrs. E. A. Branch, 317 Calvin Road,
Raleigh.
Bill of lading, July 5, 1845, from Charleston, South Carolina.
Given by Miss Lucile Craft, 209 West Jones Street, Raleigh,
through Mr. John Harden, Raleigh.
II. New Collections.
1. Personal Papers
:
Gideon C. Barco Papers, 1851-1900. Camden County deeds,
physicians bills, etc. Given by Mrs. Sam G. McPherson, Shiloh.
William L. Conly Paper. Letter to Col. William L. Conly from
D. E. A. McElrath, Franklin, May 20, 1838. Photocopy. Given by
Mr. H. C. Goode, Connelly Springs.
Dr. R. M. Earns Papers, 1879-82. Material relating to rail-roads,
mining, etc., in Western North Carolina. Given by Mrs.
M. B. Morgan, 11 East Lane Street, Raleigh.
Dr. James Flood Papers. Medical accounts, 1737-41. 12 pieces.
Purchased from Mr. Munroe d'Antignac, Griffin, Georgia.
John Hampton Paper. Letter from Richard Hampton to Major
Hampton, June 28, 1781. Given by Dr. Franklin P. Holbrook,
Historical Society of West Pennsylvania, 4338 Boulevard, Pitts-burg,
Pennsylvania.
38 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
H. M. Hocutt Collection. Deeds and land surveys, 1800-75. 14
pieces. Given by Mr. H. M. Hocutt, 112 Belmont Avenue, Ashe-ville.
ITT fl
*n«T« Canons
A few of the two hundred and sixty-one publications of the Department of Archives
and History.
State Department of Archives and History 39
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
D. L. Corbitt, Chief
The original act of 1903 establishing the Historical Com-mission
provided for a publication program. Subsequent
acts repeated and elaborated the original provision. In 1945,
when the basic act was rewritten, the legislature directed
that ''materials on the history of North Carolina [be] prop-erly
edited, published as other State printing, and distrib-uted
under the direction of the department." This phase of
the Department's work has always been regarded as one of
its outstanding services to the public and through this
means not only are wide contacts made but recognition and
appreciation are also brought to the state.
An expanded program of publication has recently been
undertaken and printed material is receiving wide distri-bution.
Charts, leaflets, pamphlets, documentary volumes
and numbers of The North Carolina Historical Review are
circulated to foreign as well as domestic readers and sub-scribers.
From the organization of the publication program
in 1903 to the conclusion of the 1946-1948 biennium, a total
of 261 titles or issues were published.
Though the rapidly mounting cost of printing, the dif-ficulties
in getting printing done, and the uncertainty of
prompt delivery were definite handicaps, the publication
program was continued.
Three pamphlets were published, as follows
:
The Twenty-First Biennial Report of the North Carolina State
Department of Archives and History, 19H-19U6, 1946, pp.
54, illustrated.
The Silversmiths of North Carolina, by George Barton Cutten,
1948, pp. vi, 93, illustrated.
Explorations, Descriptions, and Attempted Settlements of North
Carolina, 1584-1590, edited by David Leroy Corbitt, 1948,
vi, 136, illustrated.
Two pamphlets were reprinted
:
The North Carolina State Flag, by W. R. Edmonds, revised by
D. L. Corbitt, 1942, second printing 1946, pp. 14, illustrated.
40 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Tar Heel Tales, by Mattie Erma Parker, 1946, pp. 34, illus-trated.
(The material in this pamphlet had previously been
published as seven individual leaflets. During the biennium
the seven leaflets were combined into one pamphlet and
illustrated.)
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The Department published the following issues of The
Review:
The North Carolina Historical Review; volume XXIII, numbers
3-4 (July-October, 1946) ; volume XXIV, numbers 1-4
State Department of Archives and History 41
(January-October, 1947) ; volume XXV, numbers 1-2
(January-April, 1948).
The Department published one documentary volume
:
Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Edited by Adelaide
L. Fries, volume VII, 1809-1822, 1946, pp. x, 592.
Even though the Department at the close of the biennium
did not have any documentary volumes in the hands of the
printer, the material for a volume entitled The Formation
of the Counties compiled by Mr. D. L. Corbitt was expected
to be placed with a printer shortly. Dr. Frontis W. Johnston
of Davidson College continued his work on the letters and
papers of Zebulon B. Vance. Dr. Henry T. Shanks of Birm-ingham
Southern College continued his work on the letters
of Willie P. Mangum, and it was expected that by the end of
1948 he would have the first volume of this series ready for
publication. Miss Beth Crabtree, who several years ago be-gan
editing the Civil War Diary of Mrs. Patrick Muir Ed-munston
of Halifax County, was unable to accomplish a
great deal during the biennium because she was employed
by another state agency and did not have access to research
materials. The work of copying the four volumes of this
diary, however, was completed and part of the copy was
checked by the original. Dr. Adelaide L. Fries, archivist of
the Moravian Church of America, Southern Province, con-tinued
her work on the eighth volume of the Records of the
Moravians, in North Carolina.
Mr. D. L. Corbitt completed most of the task of editing for
publication Public Letters and Papers of Joseph Melville
Broughton, Governor of North Carolina, 19M-1945. Most of
this material was compiled, and some of it was ready for the
printer. (This volume is not one of the Department's series,
but since 1921 a member of the staff has edited the public
letters and papers of each governor as he has retired from
office.)
During the biennium the Division mailed the following
number of copies of The North Carolina Historical Review:
42 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
July, 1946 485
October, 1946 472
January, 1947 504
April, 1947 581
July, 1947 589
October, 1947 578
January, 1948 498
April, 1948 583
Total 4,270
This total of 4,270 copies makes an average of 534 copies
each issue.
During the period from July 1, 1946, through June 30,
1948, the Division received 725 paid-up subscriptions, either
new or renewal, to The North Carolina Historical Review,
or an average of 30 subscriptions per month. These sub-scriptions
were divided according to the months as follows
:
1946 August 12
July 10 September 13
August 7 October 20
September 15 November 165
October 6 December 79
November 197
December 54
1948
January 22
1947 February 1
January 24 March 6
February 17 April 23
March 4 May 45
April 29 June 26
May 42
June 13 Total 725
July 5
It is apparent from the above compilation that the sub-scription
list of The North Carolina Historical Review was
larger on July 1, 1948, than it was on July 1, 1946. It still
was not as great as it should have been. The fact that it
was impossible to get The Review printed on schedule prob-ably
accounts for a curtailment of interest by subscribers.
It should be pointed out that the July, 1946, issue was de-livered
by the printer seven weeks behind schedule, and
State Department of Archives and History 43
after that time the issues were delivered four to six months
late. This placed the Department in a poor position to try
to build up the circulation of The Review.
From July 1, 1946, through June 30, 1948, the Division
mailed a total of 18,013 volumes, pamphlets, leaflets, and
charts, divided according to the months a follows
:
1946
July 339
August 1,464
September 248
October 714
November 3,819
December 305
1947
January 576
February 764
March 1,029
April 687
May 452
June 128
July 152
August 577
September 954
October 712
November 318
December 451
1948
January 618
February 696
March 1,036
April 996
May 628
June 399
Total 18,013
During the period from July 1, 1946, through June 30,
1948, the Division wrote 2,146 letters, divided according to
the months as follows:
1946
July 49
August 70
September 55
October 82
November 107
December 61
1947
January 109
February 81
March 93
April 86
May 125
June 67
July 66
August 82
September 109
October 86
November 56
December 118
1948
January 123
February 146
March 96
April 114
May 101
June 64
Total 2,146
44 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
From July 1, 1946, through June 30, 1948, the Division
mailed 820 postal cards in answer to the inquiries by school
children, as follows:
1946 August —
July — September 21
August — October 42
September 60 November 26
October 20 December 15
November 17
December 10 1948
January 58
1947 February 15
January 55 Marcb 63
February 47 April 140
March 90 May 35
April 56 June —
May 47
June 2 Total 820
July 1
During the biennium the members of the staff of the
Department published the following articles, documents, and
book reviews:
Mr. D. L. Corbitt edited "Letters from Hugh Luckey, Raleigh
Hatter, 1843" (The North Carolina Historical Review, April, 1948),
and reviewed History and Bibliography of American Newspapers,
1690-1820, by Clarence S. Brigham (The North Carolina Historical
Review, October, 1947).
Mr. W. F. Burton reviewed The Civil War Diary of General Josiah
Gorgas, edited by Frank E. Vandiver and Preliminary Checklist for
Abingdon, 1807-1876 ; number 1 of the Virginia Imprint Series, edited
by John Cook Wyllie (both in The North Carolina Historical Review,
April, 1948).
Miss Nell Hines reviewed Summer Migrations and Resorts of South
Carolina Low Country Planters, by Lawrence Fay Brewster (The
North Carolina Historical Review, January, 1948).
Dr. Christopher Crittenden wrote or edited the following (including
one item omitted from the previous biennial report) :
Articles and Editorials:
"Let's Preserve Our Confederate Landmarks," Minutes of the
Forty-Ninth Annual Session of the United Daughters of the Con-federacy
North Carolina Division (1945), pp. 153-161.
State Department of Archives and History 45
"Introducing American Heritage," an editorial in American Heri-tage,
vol. I, no. 1 (Jan., 1947).
"Put Local History First," The State, vol. XV, no. 39 (Feb. 28,
1948).
"A Southerner Looks at Pennsylvania History," Pennsylvania
History, vol XV, no. 2, (April, 1948).
Introduction to A History of the Parksley (Va.) Three Arts Club,
1920-1945. (Onancock, Va. : The Eastern Shore Publishing Company.
1947. Pp. 55.)
Book Reviews:
Album of American History, vol. Ill, 1853-1893. Edited by James
Truslow Adams and others. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
c. 1946. Pp. xii, 435.) Reviewed in New York History, vol XXVIII,
no. 2 (April, 1947).
A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to American History in British
Depositories Reproduced for the Division of Manuscripts of the
Library of Congress. By Grace Gardner Griffin. (Washington, D. C.
:
The Library of Congress. 1946. Pp. xvi, 313.) Reviewed in The North
Carolina Historical Review, vol. XXIV, no. 3 (July, 1947).
Dominion of Canada: Report of the Department of Public Archives
for the Year 1948. (Ottawa. 1947. Pp. xxxix, 262.) Reviewed in The
American Archivist, vol. x, no. 3 (July, 1947).
Jefferson: War and Peace, 1776 to 1784. By Marie Kimball. (New
York: Coward-McCann. 1947. Pp. ix, 398.) Reviewed in The American
Historical Review, vol. LIII, no. 3 (April, 1948).
Edited Publications (excluding publications of the State Department
of Archives and History) :
"Writing Your Community's War History," by Marvin W. Schlegel.
Bulletins of the American Asociation for State and Local History,
vol. I, no. 11 (October, 1946).
"The Junior Historian Movement in the Public Schools," by Horace
Bailey Carroll. Bulletins of the American Association for State and
Local History, vol. I, no. 12 (February, 1947).
"War Records Projects in the States, 1943-1947," by James H.
Rodabaugh. Bulletins of the American Association for State and Local
History, vol. II, no. 1 (November, 1947).
At the end of the biennium The North Carolina Historical
Review had paid-up subscribers in thirty-four states of the
Union and in two foreign countries. Back copies of The
Review were mailed to thirty-six states and five foreign
countries. Five hundred and fifty-four copies of the Records
of the Moravians in North Carolina were forwarded to
forty-two states and to three foreign countries, and pam-
46 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
phlets, leaflets, and charts were mailed to forty states and
five foreign countries.
During the biennium there were published in The North
Carolina Historical Review twenty articles dealing with
North Carolina, eight articles dealing with areas other than
North Carolina, and two articles dealing at the same time
with North Carolina and other states. Eight sections of
documentary materials and sixty book reviews were pub-lished.
Of the books reviewed nineteen were concerned with
North Carolina and forty-one dealt with other states or
sections, especially other parts of the South. Twenty-four
books were reviewed by residents of other states and thirty-six
were reviewed by North Carolinians.
The following are the articles (with their dates of publi-cation)
which appeared in The North Carolina Historical
Review during the biennium:
"Richard Caswell's Military and Later Public Services,'* by C. B.
Alexander (July, 1946).
"Theodore Roosevelt and the South in 1912," by Arthur S. Link
(July, 1946).
"Pardoning North Carolinians," by Jonathan Truman Dorris
(July, 1946).
"Eighteenth Century New Bern. A History of the Town and
Craven County, 1700-1800, part VII, New Bern During the
Revolution," by Alonzo Thomas Dill, Jr. (July, 1946).
"George Davis, North Carolina Whig and Confederate Statesman,
1820-1896," by Fletcher M. Green (October, 1946).
"Joe Cannon's Carolina Background," by Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert
(October, 1946).
"The Wilson Movement in North Carolina," by Arthur S. Link
(October, 1946).
"Eighteenth Century New Bern. A History of the Town and
Craven County, 1700-1800, part VIII, New Bern at the Cen-tury's
End," by Alonzo Thomas Dill, Jr. (October, 1946).
"The North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare," by A.
Lawrence Aydlett (January, 1947).
"The Louisa Railroad, 1836-1850," by Charles W. Turner (Janu-ary,
1947).
"North Carolina Baptists and Slavery," by Willie Grier Todd
(April, 1947).
State Department of Archives and History 47
"Mobilization of Negro Labor for the Department of Virginia and
North Carolina, 1861-1865," by Tinsley Lee Spraggins (April,
1947).
"On Autobiography," by Robert Burton House (April, 1947).
"Agitation against the American Tobacco Company in North
Carolina, 1890-1911," by Nannie May Tilley (April, 1947).
"North Carolina Books and Authors of the Year: A Review,"
by LeGette Blythe (April, 1947).
"A Semi-Centennial Survey of North Carolina's Intellectual
Progress," by Edwin Minis (April, 1947).
"North Carolina Bibliography, 1945-1946," by Mary Lindsay
Thornton (April, 1947).
"Asbury Dickins (1780-1867) : A Career in Government Ser-vice,"
by Ruth Ketring Nuermberger (July, 1947).
"James Dunwoody Bulloch and the Confederate Navy," by Wil-liam
P. Roberts (July, 1947).
"The Toe River Valley to 1865," by Jason Basil Deyton (October,
1947).
"The Virginia Southwestern Railroad System at War, 1861-
1865," by Charles W. Turner (October, 1947).
"Caracas Exile," by Nancy Jane Lucas (October, 1947).
"North Carolina Canals before 1860," by Clifford Reginald
Hinshaw (January, 1948).
"A North Carolina Farm Journal of the Middle Fifties," by
Richard Bardolph (January, 1948).
"Some Aspects of Negro Life in North Carolina during the Civil
War," by B. H. Nelson (April, 1948).
"Reactions in North Carolina to Jackson's Banking Policy, 1829-
1832," by Elizabeth Stone Hoyt (April, 1948).
"John Gray and Thomas Blount, Merchants, 1783-1800," by Alice
Barnwell Keith (April, 1948).
"North Carolina Short Stories," by Richard Walser (April, 1948).
"North Carolina Books and Authors for 1946-47: A Review," by
Lodwick Hartley (April, 1948).
"Discovery of Political Freedom," by Hardin Craig (April, 1948).
"Thomas Jefferson and the Police State," by Julian P. Boyd
(April, 1948).
"North Carolina Bibliography, 1946-1947," by Mary L. Thornton
(April, 1948).
The following are the documentary sections which ap-peared
in The Review during the biennium.
"Additional Mordecai Letters to His Family from Mexico," edited
by James A. Padgett (July, 1946).
"Alfred Mordecai 's Observations of European Life One Hundred
Years Ago," edited by James A. Padgett (October, 1946).
48 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
"Henry Harrisse on Collegiate Education," edited by Edgar W.
Knight (January, 1947).
"Alfred Mordecai's Observations of European Life One Hundred
Years Ago," edited by James A. Padgett (July, 1947).
"Journal of the Surry County (N. C.) Agricultural Society,"
edited by Nanny May Tilley (October, 1947).
"Selected William E. Dodd-Walter Clark Letters," edited by Hugh
Talmadge Lefler (January, 1948).
"The Vinson-Confederate Letters," edited by Hugh Buckner
Johnston (January, 1948).
"Letters from Hugh Luckey, Raleigh Hatter, 1843," edited by
D. L. Corbitt (April, 1948).
DIVISION OF PUBLIC DISPLAYS
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Chief
During the biennium the major goal of the Division con-tinued
to be to improve its service to the public. Some of the
ways in which this was accomplished were by making all of
the materials in the custody of the Hall of History readily
accessible to visitors ; supplying information and prints to
publishers, students, and writers; cooperating with other
historical groups in planning local museums; arranging
new exhibits and special displavs for study, such as the
North Carolina freedom exhibit; and attempting to inwart
something of the history of their state to the thousands of
school children who visit the Hall of History annually.
In developing this program, it was necessarv to inven-torv
and re-store the entire collection of historical ma-terials.
This involved checking everv item with the files,
revising the entire catalog", re-arranging storage areas, and
designing and having built storage cases for special items
such as guns, swords, and costumes. This nroiect had been
started during the previous biennium and was completed
during the first year of the current one.
Among the new exhibits which were placed in the Hall
of History were swords from each war in which North
Carolina participated before 1917 ; life in North Carolina
during the period from 1865 to 1910 depicted by a spinning
exhibit, a covered wagon, religious and educational exhibits,
State Department of Archives and History 49
and a costume display; a special exhibit illustrating North
Carolina's part in winning and preserving American free-dom,
originally planned in connection with the Freedom
Train's visit to Raleigh on December 6, 1947, but retained
as a permanent display because of the interest shown by
school study groups ; uniforms of North Carolinians in the
Confederacy showing the various types worn by all ranks
from generals to privates ; and a collection of early North
Carolina silver made in connection with the publishing of
Dr. George Barton Cutten's pamphlet on North Carolina
silversmiths. Dr. Cutten, who is one of the leading authori-ties
in this field, loaned a comprehensive collection of early
American silver to the Hall of History. In addition, special
exhibits were prepared of early textbooks, guns, pistols,
dishes, fans, Confederate dolls, early surgical instruments,
and Governor R. Gregg Cherry's World War I uniform and
equipment.
The Hall of History continued to cooperate with other
historical agencies of the state such as centennial celebra-tion
committees, the North Carolina Society of County
Historians, and the museums at Fort Raleigh and Guilford
Courthouse, both under the jurisdiction of the National
Park Service. The chief of the Division made a trip to Val-dese
in order to give advice regarding the establishment of
a museum to the Historical Collection Committee of the
Waldensian Presbyterian Church of that town. Other mu-seums
of the state visited were the children's museums in
both Charlotte and Durham, the Mint Museum of Charlotte,
the Wachovia Historical Society Museum at Winston-Salem,
and the Cupola House Museum at Edenton.
The museum has had a more definite collecting program
for this biennium that it has had previously, and a number
of trips have been made in order to collect materials for
specific purposes. More informative and better rounded
exhibits can be planned by collecting the specific items
necessary than by attempting to display all the items which
merely accumulate.
50 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
During the biennium visitors registered from every state
of the Union and the District of Columbia and from twenty-six
foreign countries, as follows:
From the United States:
Alabama 54
Arizona 3
Arkansas 3
California 133
Coloi-ado 11
Connecticut 33
Delaware 12
Florida 172
Georgia 169
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota . . .
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
3
81
48
23
16
20
36
5
53
66
84
12
56
39
3
9
2
New Hampshire
New Jersey ....
New Mexico ....
New York
13
94
12
318
North Carolina . . .39,598
North Dakota 2
Ohio 121
Oklahoma 24
Oregon 9
Pennsylvania 134
Rhode Island 10
South Carolina 208
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 90
Texas 90
Vermont 4
Virginia 410
23
43
29
1
18
84
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Utah
District of Columbia
Total 42,484
From United States Territories and Foreign Cotmtries.
Africa
State Department of Archives and History 51
New Zealand 4 Peru 1
Norway 2 Switzerland 1
Palestine 2
Panama 5 Total 96
An actual count over a given period indicated that only
forty per cent of the total number of visitors registered. The
number of visitors for the biennium is therefore estimated
to be 106,450.
Accessions for the biennium were as follows
:
Awards, Buttons, and Medals:
Buttons of Bingham School uniform, Mebane, worn by Edgar
A. Hines, M. D., when a student about 1890. Donor: Miss Nell
Hines, Raleigh.
Two medals presented to the schools of the state for out-standing
work on the schools-at-war program during World War
II. Donor: Mr. Allison James, Greensboro.
Key to the city of Charlotte (U. S. Treasury award, 1941-
1945) awarded to North Carolina Federation of Business and
Professional Women's Clubs for patriotic service. Lender: Mrs.
Mollie Harrill, Raleigh.
Selective service medal awarded to 1,730 North Carolinians
for service in World War II. Donor: Colonel Thomas H. Upton,
Raleigh.
Two badges worn by aircraft observers during World War II,
merit badge awarded aircraft observer for 500 hours of duty
during World War II, and two civilian defense ribbons. Trans-ferred
from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
North Carolina Medical Society button used to identify dele-gates
who convened in Charlotte in 1906 and Mississippi Valley
Medical Association button used to identify delegates who con-vened
in Asheville in 1900 at the Battery Park Hotel. Donor:
Miss Nell Hines, Raleigh.
Medal won by Jackson Springs Water Company, Jackson
Springs, in 1904 at the Universal Exposition in St. Louis, Mis-souri,
for having the best mineral water in the United States.
Donor: Mr. June R. Page, Jr., Aberdeen.
Loving cup given by the City of Raleigh to Lt. Col. Jonathan
M. Heck, October 18, 1892, when the city celebrated its 100th
anniversary, for his contributions to the city. Donor: Mr. George
C. Heck, Long Island, New York.
52 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Books :
Sixty-three textbooks dating from 1794 to 1905. Donor: Ernest
Haywood Collection, through Mi\ B. H. Bridgers, Wilmington.
Thirteen religious books and textbooks dating from 1864 to
1899. Lender: Mrs. Thomas M. Pittman, Raleigh.
J. E. Worcester, An Historical Atlas (Boston, 1830), and
F. W. Simonds, Botany (manuscript, 1879). Transferred from
Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
James Thomson, The Seasons (Philadelphia, 1842), a book
containing the autograph of James Iredell Waddell, captain,
State Department of Archives and History 53
Confederate States Navy. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hills-boro.
Costumes:
Children's
:
Three baby bonnets, one child's coat, two baby bibs, two little
girl's dresses, two baby's long dresses, one little boy's suit, one
pair of child's knitted stockings, and one baby's long petticoat of
Dress and uniform of 1898, in the Reconstruction-and-After Room, Hall of History.
54 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
1870-1900 from the Reid family of Davidson. Donor: Mrs. Reid
R. Morrison, Davidson.
Six pairs of children's shoes from the Haywood family of
Raleigh. Donor: Ernest Haywood Collection, through Mr. B. H.
Bridgers, Wilmington.
Men's
:
Two black satin stocks, two waistcoats, two linen shirts, and
a linen duster of 1870-1900 from the Reid family of Davidson.
Donor: Mrs. Reid R. Morrison, Davidson.
Silk top hat, opera hat, four waistcoats, and two black dress
coats from the Haywood family. Donor: Ernest Haywood Col-lection,
through Mr. B. H. Brigers, Wilmington.
Coat, trousers, and two vests (formal wedding suit) of Dr.
Sheilds of Carthage of the period 1890-1900. Donor: Mrs. P. J.
Melvin, Carthage.
Women's
:
Three aprons, one cape, two coats, one linen duster, four dress
waists, one handkerchief, one straw bonnet, two pairs of stock-ings,
three chemises, one petticoat, one corset cover, and one pair
of drawers of 1870-1900 from the Reid family of Davidson.
Donor: Mrs. Reid R. Morrison, Davidson.
Housecoat of Mrs. A. B. Hunter, Raleigh. Donor: Miss Lil-lian
Dodd, Raleigh.
Lace collar and handerkerchief from the James Iredell Wad-dell
family. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hillsboro.
Wedding gown, veil, and shoes of Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry, 1925.
Donor: Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry, Gastonia.
Three dresses, two hats, and one petticoat of 1890-1900.
Donor: Mrs. P. J. Melvin, Carthage.
Two ivory fans of the late 19th century. Donor: Miss Nell
Hines, Raleigh.
Fan of the 1890 period. Donor: Miss Sarah Cheshire, Raleigh.
High-top buttoned shoe from the Haywood family. Donor:
Ernest Haywood Collection, through Mr. B. H. Bridgers, Wil-mington.
Underclothing of 1925. Donor: Mrs. Christopher Crittenden,
Raleigh.
Two nightgowns of 1880-1885. Donor: Mrs. Sadie Smathers
Patton, Hendersonville.
Documents :
Copy of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Donor:
Mr. Josephus Daniels, Raleigh.
Christmas card found in the pocket of R. L. Adams, North
State Department of Archives and History 55
Carolina Infantry, when killed July 1, 1863. Donor: Miss Martha
Adams, Shelby.
Eight Confederate war songs. Donor: Duke University Li-brary
(Flowers Collection), through Dr. R. H. Woody, Durham.
Christmas menu of 1918 of A.E.F. Supply Company in France.
Donor: Mr. James P. Mollette, Jr., Raleigh.
Invitation, admittance card, and program for presentation
ceremonies of the Army-Navy Production Award to P. H. Hanes
Knitting Company, Winston-Salem, for their fine record in
the production of war equipment during World War II. Trans-ferred
from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
War Ration Book Four (two). Donor: Dr. Christopher Crit-tenden,
Raleigh.
56 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Certificate of Nicholas L. Walker, Kinston, for completion of
a course of study in aircraft recognition, 1943. Transferred from
Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Envelopes
:
Four first flight air mail covers. Donor: Mr. John A. Park,
Raleigh.
Furniture
:
Trundle bed and cradle. Donor: Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton,
Hendersonville.
Implements
:
Shoe peg cutter and shoe pegs. Donor: Mr. W. H. Middleton,
Raleigh.
Hand sickle, shuttle, flax wheel, and click reel. Donor: Mrs.
Sadie Smathers Patton, Hendersonville.
Cotton gin. Donor: Mr. A. D. Capehart, Oxford.
Bullet mold of about 1850 that was used on a farm near
Rolesville by J. B. Stell. Donor: Mr. O. C. Stell, Neuse.
Jewelry :
Two mourning rings made by Confederate prisoners during
the Civil War. Donor: Mrs. Thomas M. Pittman, Raleigh.
Two pairs of earrings, a gold ring, and a hair brooch from
the James Iredell Waddell family. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cush-man,
Hillsboro.
Indian Relics:
Thirteen arrowheads. Donor: Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton,
Hendersonville.
Kitchen Utensils:
Three coffee pots used by the Haywood family. Donor: Ernest
Haywood Collection, through Mr. B. H. Bridgers, Wilmington.
Wooden mortar and pestle and coffee mill. Donor: Mrs.
Sadie Smathers Patton, Hendersonville.
Meat chopper of 1870-1900 from the Reid family of Davidson.
Donor: Mrs. Reid R. Morrison, Davidson.
Linens:
Knitted bedspread made by Mary Rickman Smathers about
1880-1885. Donor: Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton, Hendersonville.
Carriage cover of 1870-1900 from the Reid family of David-son.
Donor: Mrs. Reid R. Morrison, Davidson.
Quilt made by Mary Rhodes. Donor: Mrs. Alice Hoover Taft,
Greenville.
State Department of Archives and History 57
Masonry:
Brick from Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Donor: Mr. Al-lison
James, Greensboro.
Stone from the House of Commons, London, England. Donor:
American and British Commonwealth Association.
Medicine
:
Surgical instruments of Dr. Edmund Burke Haywood, sur-geon,
Confederate Army. Donor: Ernest Haywood Collection,
through Mr. B. H. Bridgers, Wilmington.
Iron mortar used by Nancy Ashworth (b.1745—d.1833)
,
widely known herb doctor of Fairview, Buncombe County, in
the preparation of her medicinal remedies. Donor: Mrs. Sadie
Smathers Patton, Hendersonville.
Plantation medicine chest which belonged to Judge John A.
Cameron of Fayetteville about 1810. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cush-man,
Hillsboro.
Metalwork:
Five handmade nails. Donor: Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton,
Hendersonville.
Miscellaneous
:
Police stick used by Elizabeth City Council of Civilian Defense
during World War II. Donor: Mr. J. H. LeRoy, Elizabeth City.
Transferred from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Two billies said to have been used during the Reconstruction
Period by an organization for the protection of civil rights.
Donor: Ernest Haywood Collection, through Mr. B. H. Bridgers,
Wilmington.
Covered wagon made in Durham. Donor: Dr. Karl H. Fussier,
Chapel Hill.
Bootjack used by Haywood family. Donor: Ernest Haywood
Collection, through Mr. B. H. Bridgers, Wilmington.
Model of jeep of World War II. Donor: Mr. Allison James,
Greensboro.
Handmade pin cushion of 1870. Donor: Miss Sarah Cheshire,
Raleigh.
Electric light bulb of about 1905. Donor: Miss Nell Hines,
Raleigh.
Money:
United States half-dime made in 1838. Donor: Mr. Morris G.
Oxford, Raleigh.
Mexican dollar (1800), the first money earned by a former
slave and cook of R. P. Buxton who sent the money to her old
58 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
"massa" saying she was afraid he would suffer for lack of
something to eat. Donor: Mrs. S. W. Sparger, Durham.
Nickel of 1866. Donor: Mr. Robert Martin, Raleigh.
Philippine coin. Donor: Miss Margaret Woodson. Raleigh.
Greek currency, 100 frankees. Donor Mr. Billy Dudley,
Raleigh.
1 twenty dollar and 1 one dollar North Carolina bill. Donor:
Mr. A. B. Combs, Raleigh.
Musical Instruments:
Horn used by Clem Barbee prior to and during the Civil War
on a stage coach which he drove for many years from Raleigh
to Chapel Hill. Donor: Mrs. Cadia Barbee Welborn, High
Point.
A flute which belonged to John Donald Cameron, Fayetteville,
purchased in Boston in 1835 while attending Dr. Muhlenburg's
Academy at Flushing, Long Island, and an accordian which be-longed
to Sarah Louisa Moore during the ante-bellum period.
Donor: Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hillsboro.
Patterns:
Shirt patern, Godey's presentation sheet of embroidery
and needlework copy book of 1870-1900 from the Reid family of
Davidson. Donor: Mrs. Reid R. Morrison, Davidson.
Pictures
:
Unidentified Indian stone owned by Mr. Thomas Robbins, Jr.
of Lenoir. Purchase.
Negative photocopies of John White drawings. Purchase.
North Carolina State House. Donor: Mr. Louis A. Zimmer-man,
Rangeley, Maine.
Two pictures of Secretary of Navy and Staff of Navy De-partment,
February, 1920. Donor: Mr. Ben F. Dixon, Washing-ton,
D. C.
Photocopy of Friend's Meeting House at New Garden. Donor:
Mrs. Jessie G. Parker, Hillsboro.
Picture of what may have been first automobile truck built
for the purpose of hauling telephone poles, The House of Com-mons
in Sir Robert Walpole's Administration, and the train
model, "The Raleigh." Donor: Mr. Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Photographic reproduction of the etching of General William
Harrington. Donor: Mr. L. C. Wannamaker, Cheraw, S. C.
The statue of Otway Burns in Burnsville. Donor: Mr. Albert
Barden, Raleigh.
Fan case in Hall of History. Museum Collection.
Three bound volumes and four portfolios of unbound prints
concerning The Uniform of the Army of the United States 177Jt
State Department of Archives and History 59
to 1908. Donor: Mr. Sherrod East, Alexandria, Virginia.
Five snapshots of presentation of National Guard flags and
guidons of World War II to the Hall of History. Donor: Miss
Nell Hines, Raleigh.
Miss Frances Harmon and Mr. Marvin Steinfeld working on
World War I roster in Adjutant General's office for State De-partment
of Archives and History. Donor: Remington Rand
Company, Raleigh.
Tryon's Palace at New Bern. Transferred from Division of
Archives and Manuscripts.
Cigar advertisement poster of the acquisition of Hawaii.
Transferred from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Two pictures: the Indian village model in the Hall of History
and D. F. Houston, Secretary of the Treasury and Agriculture,
born at Monroe, Donor: Mr. Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Mark of A. Wilcox, Noi*th Carolina silversmith. Donor: Mr.
Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England, ancestral home
of the Washingtons. Donor: Miss Eliza A. Pool, Raleigh.
Fan in fan case in Hall of History. Museum Collection.
Dr. Ella Dunbar Temple, professor of Peruvian history, visit-ing
the Hall of History in 1947. Donor: The Raleigh Times,
Raleigh.
James K. Polk. Donor: Mr. Albert Barden, Raleigh.
The original plan of Raleigh. Donor: The Raleigh Times,
Raleigh.
Two photographs of the wood carving taken from the cruiser
Raleigh and now on display at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh.
Donor: Mr. George P. Geoghegan, Jr., Raleigh.
Four stereoscopic views of western North Carolina. Donor:
Mr. Bart Anderson, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Five picture post cards of Camp Greene, Charlotte. Donor:
Mr. Albert C. Bonney, Arlington, Massachusetts.
The First Living Mourning the First Dead; Lovejoy's Acad-emy,
Edmund Burke Haywood, surgeon, C.S.A.; and Bench and
Bar of North Carolina, 1929-1930. Donor: Ernest Haywood Col-lection,
through Mr. B. H. Bridgers, Wilmington.
Army maneuvers in 1941 in North Carolina. Transferred from
Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Overseas ai-ea through which the 81st Division passed. Donor:
Gen. George W. Mclver, Jr., Port Washington, New York.
Monument to the Loyalists killed in the Battle of Moores
Creek Bridge, the Grady monument at Moores Creek National
Military Park, and a monument to Mary Slocumb and the
Women of the Lower Cape Fear Region. Donor: Mr. Albert
Barden, Raleigh.
60 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Army Nurses, Base Hospital 65, World War I. Donor: Mrs.
Loma Brown, Raleigh.
Photocopies of the North Carolina State House and the
present Capitol. Purchase.
North Carolina State House, birthplace of Zebulon B. Vance,
two photographs of birthplace of Andrew Johnson, early Ameri-can
sliver display in the Hall of History, the Modern Room of
the Hall of History, photograph of the William Steene oil
portrait "The Baptism of Virginia Dare", photograph of the
Edenton Tea Party oil portrait, pistol display in Special Room,
and photograph of the Sir Walter Raleigh oil portrait. Donor:
Mr. Albert Barden, Raleigh.
The U.S.S. Currituck, named for Currituck Sound. Trans-ferred
from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Two photographs of Charles B. Aycock. Donor: Mr. Albert
Barden, Raleigh.
Collection of pictures of World War II from The Raleigh
Times, three photos of Tuffy (the wildcat mascot of the Eight-first
Division of World War II), The S. S. Charles Brantley
Aycock, Governor and Mrs. J. M. Broughton and Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Cannon at the Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia, and
four pictures of the celebration in Chapel Hill of the 150th
anniversary of the cornerstone laying of the University of North
Carolina. Transferred from Division of Archives and Manu-scripts.
Nine photographs of the Eighty-first Division of World War
II. Donor: Wildcat Veterans' Association, Raleigh.
Two photographs of guns and ammunition captured by the
Eighty-first Division during World War II. Donor: Mr. Albert
Barden, Raleigh.
The White House reception by President Hoover to Mecklen-burg
County farmers, August 7, 1929. Donor: Mr. D. W. Eason,
Cornelius.
Thaddeus S. Davidson, private of United States Army during
World War I. Donor: Mr. T. S. Davidson.
Photograph of miniature of William Hill, Secretary of State
for North Carolina, 1811-1859. Donor: Miss Adelaide Bain,
Raleigh.
The North Carolina National Guard Coast Artillery Corps,
Fort Caswell, World War I. Donor: Mr. James Denmark,
Raleigh. •
Photograph of Camp Greene, Charlotte, World War I. Donor:
Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte.
Company 53, United States Engineers, Fort Benjamin Har-rison,
Indiana, 1918. Donor: Mrs. B. J. Brothers, Wilson.
105th Supply Train, 30th Division, Camp Sevier, South Caro-lina,
World War I. Lender: Mrs. Margaret Boylan, Raleigh.
State Department of Archives and History 61
John Penn, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, Samuel Johnston,
William Blount, William R. Davie, Alexander Martin, Richard
Dobbs Spaight, and Hugh Williamson. Purchase.
318th Field Artillery, World War I. Donor: Mr. J. F. Roach,
Wake Forest. Transferred from Division of Archives and
Manuscripts.
Education Building, Raleigh. Purchase.
Major Orrin Smith, designer of the battle flag of the Con-federacy.
Donor: Dr. D. T. Smithwick, Louisburg.
Post card picture of the North Carolina State Building at
the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Purchase.
Daguerreotype of W. J. L. Millar. Lender: Mr. Bertram
Millar, New York, New York.
The interior of the First Baptist Church, Raleigh. Purchase.
North Carolina Senators and Representatives in the Confed-erate
Congress, 1861-1865. Donor: Mr. S. E. W. Kenney, Raleigh.
Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, showing uniform and equipment of both.
Transferred from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Reverend Craighill Brown of Southern Pines presenting the
stone from the House of Commons to Governor R. Gregg Cherry,
at presentation ceremonies in the Hall of History, April 30, 1948.
Donor: The Raleigh Times, Raleigh.
Old Hickory Tavern. Donor: Mr. Walter A. Hahn, Hickory.
Plaques:
Bronze plaque from the U.S.S. North Carolina (battleship
of World War II). Donor: officers and crew of the North Caro-lina,
Washington, D. C.
Seals
:
North Carolina state seal. Transferred from Division of
Archives and Manuscripts.
Ships
:
Champagne bottle used to christen the U.S.S. Todd at Wil-mington,
1944. Transferred from Division of Archives and
Manuscripts.
Bell from the first United States destroyer named for Worth
Bagley, 1900. Donor: Mr. David Worth Bagley, Bremerton,
Washington.
Silverware
:
Six tablespoons made by Palmer and Ramsey, North Carolina
silversmiths, and six teaspoons made by T. Emond, North Caro-lina
silversmith. Purchase.
62 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Two tablespoons made by William Huntington, North Carolina
silversmith, and one pair of silver tongs made by J. C. Palmer,
North Carolina silversmith. Donor: Mrs. J. P. Moore, Salisbury.
Five teaspoons made by A. Wilcox, North Carolina silver-smith.
Purchase.
Cream ladle, pap spoon, and two teaspoons from the James
Iredell Waddell family. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hills-boro.
Spectacles
:
One pair of spectacles. Donor: Mrs. Leslie Alexander Laws,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, through Mrs. Gayle Riley, Raleigh.
Three pairs of spectacles from the Lindley family of Greens-boro.
Donor: Mrs. Tina Lindley Jordan, Raleigh.
Tobacco:
Cheroots from Haywood family. Donor: Ernest Haywood Col-lection,
through Mr. B. H. Bridgers, Wilmington.
Toilet:
Razor strop, cologne bottle, and bath tub from Haywood
family. Donor: Ernest Haywood Collection, through Mr. B. H.
Bridgers, Wilmington.
Pomade jar which belonged to James Iredell's mother. Donor:
Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hillsboro.
Toys :
Doll and doll clothing of 1870-1900 from the Reid family of
Davidson. Donor: Mrs. Reid R. Morrison, Davidson.
Trunks:
Small traveling bag, Gladstone type, used by Haywood family.
Donor: Ernest Haywood Collection, through Mr, B. H. Bridgers,
Wilmington.
War Relics:
Equipment:
Canteen, gas mask, and knapsack of R. Gregg Cherry, Major,
United States Army, World War I. Donor: Governor R. Gregg
Cherry, Gastonia.
1946 navy equipment, gas mask, poloroid glasses, flashlight,
and helmet, issued to Buddy Adams, Raleigh. Lender: Mr. Gene
Adams, Raleigh.
Flags
:
Three banners presented in 1946 to the schools of the state
of North Carolina for outstanding work on the schools-at-war
program. Donor: Mr. Allison James, Greensboro.
State Department of Archives and History 63
Flags of Civilian Defense Organizations, one Civilian De-fense
staff flag, and a guidon from Civilian Defense officer's
automobile. World War II. Transferred from Division of Ar-chives
and Manuscripts.
Fifty-five National Guard flags returned to the state after
World War II. Lender: War Department, Washington, D. C.
Flag flown from the battleship U.S.S. North Carolina during
its Pacific engagements during World War II. Donor: officers
and crew of the U.S.S. North Carolina, Washington, D. C.
Miscellaneous
:
Fiber collar for headlights of automobiles driven by Civilian
Defense officers during blackouts during World War II. Trans-ferred
from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Equipment (two corset staves, headdress, and scissors) used
in folding bandages by volunteer Red Cross workers in Raleigh
during World War II and tokens given to purchaser of meat as
change for a ration stamp used during ration period of World
War II. Donor: Miss Nell Hines, Raleigh.
Ration tokens used during ration period of World War II,
Donor: Miss Carobel Lover, Shelby, through Division of Ar-chives
and Manuscripts.
Shamrock sent from Ireland by Lt. Lillian B. Haithcock,
United States Army Nurse Corps, during World War II. Trans-ferred
from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Two arm bands worn by civilian aricraft observers during
World War II. Transferred from Division of Archives and
Manuscripts.
Sniff kit used for training Civilian Defense workers during
World War II. Donor: North Carolina Office of Civilian De-fense,
Raleigh.
Uniform cloth made for Army and Navy during World War
II. Transferred from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Waltham chronometer, formerly owned by Professor R. A.
Fessenden, Lieutenant, Senior Grade. U.S.N.R., presented to
the U.S.S. Fessenden (destroyer of World War II) by the
sponsor, Mrs. Reginald K. Fessenden. Lender: Mr. Victor
Meekins, Manteo.
Munitions
:
Civil War shot picked up about two miles west of Fort Macon.
Donor: Mr. William Hand Brown, Jr., Raleigh.
Four Civil War bullets picked up on the Bentonville Battle-field.
Donor: Mr. Oswald E. Camp, Currie.
Japanese missile of World War II. Donor: Mr. Alonza
Searles, Raleigh.
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Swoi-ds :
Swords of John M. and Alexander Gallaway, colonels, Con-federate
States Army. Donor: Miss Mildred Cunningham, Con-cord.
Uniforms
:
Confederate uniform coat of Edmund Burke Haywood, sur-geon
of Confederate Army, and cadet coat worn by member of
Haywood family at Horner and Bingham School, Hillsboro.
Donor: Ernest Haywood Collection, through Mr. B. H. Bridgers,
Wilmington.
Uniform trousers, blouse, overcoat, cap, sword belt, uniform
belt, and puttees of R. Gregg Cherry, Major, United States
Army, World War I. Donor: Governor R. Gregg Cherry,
Gastonia.
Four World War II United States Marine chevrons and one
World War II United States Army chevron. Donor: Mrs. John
A. Cartner, Jr., Greenville. Transferred from Division of Ar-chives
and Manuscripts.

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TWENTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
North Carolina
Department of Archives and History
July 1, 1946
TO
June 30, 1948
RALEIGH
North Carolina Department of Archives
and History
1948
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
R. D. W. Connor, Chairman, Chapel Hill
Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern
J. Allan Dunn, Salisbury
Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City
W. T. Laprade, Durham
Mrs. P. F. Patton, Henderson
McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro
Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency,
R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir:
In compliance with Chapter 55, Session Laws of 1945, I
have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Department of Archives and History for the period July 1,
1946-June 30, 1948.
Respectfully,
R. D. W. Connor,
Chairman
Raleigh, July 1, 1948
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES
AND HISTORY
July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1948
To R. D. W. Connor, Chairman, and Gertrude S. Carra-way,
J. Allan Dunn, Clarence W. Griffin, W. T.
Laprade, McDaniel Lewis, and Mrs. P. F. Patton,
Executive Board:
I have the honor to submit the following report of the
activities and accomplishments of the North Carolina De-partment
of Archives and History for the period July 1,
1946-June 30, 1948:
POSTWAR PROBLEMS
During the biennium conditions were not as abnormal as
during the previous twenty-four-month period, but it was
nevertheless necessary to meet a number of difficult prob-lems,
most of them an aftermath of the war.
The most serious problem resulted from the period of in-flation
through which the nation was passing. As prices
continued to mount, the program of the Department was
affected in many ways, usually in an unfavorable manner.
Most keenly felt of all was the fact that the Department's
salary scale (just as the salary scales of other state agen-cies)
failed to keep pace with the advancing cost of living.
The 1947 General Assembly provided a blanket twenty per
cent salary increase for all members of the staff except the
director (who received an increase of approximately eleven
per cent) , and this increase was in addition to other in-creases
that had been provided during World War II.
Nevertheless, following the removal of price controls, the
cost of living went up far more than twenty per cent. Wages
paid industrial workers were raised again and again, the
6 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
profits of corporate business were larger than ever before,
farmers received tremendous prices for their products, and
the national income was at the highest point ever reached.
In general, however, white-collar workers found themselves
left behind in the inflation spiral, and employees of the
state of North Carolina were probably near the bottom of
the list even of the white-collar group. By the end of the
biennium factory workers, business men, farmers, brick-layers,
plumbers, employes of the federal government, and
almost everybody else were making more than state em-ployes.
In 1947 the General Assembly for the first time
made a distinction between school teachers and other state
employes, providing a larger increase for the teachers—an
action which seemed unfair to the latter group.
The Department of Archives and History found that, be-cause
of this condition, its problems were more difficult to
solve. Nearly every one of its staff could have made more
money elsewhere and remained with the Department
only because of interest in the work, loyalty to the agency,
or other similar factors. When vacancies occurred on the
staff it was hard to find competent personnel who would
accept positions for the salaries offered. As the biennium
ended, it was believed that no relief was in sight until the
next session of the General Assembly, scheduled for Janu-ary,
1949.
Inflation likewise affected other phases of the Depart-ment's
program. The cost of printing soared to more than
double the prewar figure, and this meant that it was im-possible
to issue as many publications as had been hoped.
The cost of equipment advanced to the point where certain
items (especially a laminating machine) for which an ap-propriation
had been made could not be purchased. The cost
of supplies mounted to such an extent that, in order to
purchase sufficient quantities for routine operations, it was
necessary to make transfers from other items in the budget,
and the cost of official travel advanced to the point where
the allowance made by the state for this purpose frequently
did not meet actual expenses.
State Department of Archives and History 7
In spite of these difficulties, however, the biennium was
one of real achievement. Long-range plans were made for
the different divisions and for the Department as a whole,
and a discussion of these long-range plans aroused a great
deal of interest at staff meetings. In order to carry the De-partment's
program to the people, more travelling was done
by members of the staff than for many years—probably
more than for any previous year. After frequent delays, it
was possible to let contracts for the installation of certain
much needed equipment, especially air conditioning equip-ment
for the two lower archives levels and stack equipment
for several of the archives areas. The installation of this
equipment, in turn, was expected to make possible the more
orderly arrangement of the archives and the taking of an
inventory of all the archives and manuscripts in the custody
of the Department. The beginning of work on the Emer-gency
Relief Administration records in the warehouse at the
State Fairgrounds held out hope that a problem of long
standing would soon be solved. While the number of publi-cations
issued was not as large as had been hoped, never-theless
there was a wide popular demand for the one volume,
the usual numbers of the North Carolina Historical Review,
and the several pamphlets that were issued. The Hall of
History completed an inventory of its holdings, arranged a
number of new displays, and sought in various ways to im-prove
its service to the public.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
On May 30, 1947, Governor R. Gregg Cherry appointed
Mr. McDaniel Lewis of Greensboro as a new member of the
Executive Board for a term expiring March 31, 1953. On
the same date he reappointed Dr. W. T. Laprade of Durham
and Miss Gertrude S. Carraway of New Bern for terms ex-piring
March 31, 1953.
THE STAFF
The first regularly paid employe of the Department
(formerly the North Carolina Historical Commission) was
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Dr. R. D. W. Connor, who was placed on the pay roll in
1907. Since that time the number of regular employes on
June 30 of each year listed below has been as follows
:
1908 3 1930 10
1910 3 1932 10
1912 3 1934 8
1914 5 1936 8
1916 8 1938 9
1918 9 1940 9
1920 9 1942 11
1922 9 1944 11
1924 11 1946 13
1926 11 1948 16
1928 10
Due largely to the abnormal conditions described above,
there was a good deal of turnover of staff members during
the 1946-1948 biennium, and in several instances persons
remained with the Department only a few months before
going on to better paying positions. Most striking was the
case of Mr. Henry H. Eddy, who on June 11, 1946, came
from New York to the Department as chief of the Division
of Archives and Manuscripts, but who on May 11, 1948, left
the employ of the Department to take a similar but more
lucrative position with the state of Pennsylvania. In order
to perform various special tasks, the Depairtment engaged a
number of temporary employes. One new permanent em-ploye
was added (in the Division of Public Displays), and a
temporary employe, who was expected to be placed later on
a permanent basis, in the Division of Publications. Includ-ing
these two, the number of regular employes at the end of
the biennium was sixteen.
Effective September 16, 1946, the director was given a
leave of absence through June 30, 1947, to serve as assistant
director of the World War II Records Project of the Nation-al
Archives in Washington, D. C, and during the director's
absence, Mr. Henry H. Eddy, chief of the Division of Ar-chives
and Manuscrips, served as acting director of the De-partment.
In Washington, the director sought to take advan-tage
of every opportunity to gain information that would be
valuable to the Department, both in connection with his
State Department of Archives and History 9
work in the National Archives and also by visiting state
archival agencies outside Washington. He also audited two
courses in archives work offered jointly by the American
University and the National Archives. He returned to his
duties as director on July 1, 1947.
During the biennium the following persons were em-ployed
by the Department
:
Permanent employes
:
Director—Christopher Crittenden, July 1-September 15, 1946; July
I, 1947-June 30, 1948 (on leave at the National Archives, Sep-tember
16, 1946-June 30, 1947)
Acting Director—Henry H. Eddy, September 16, 1946-June 30, 1947
Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts—Henry H. Eddy, July
1-September 16, 1946; July 1, 1947-May 11, 1948
Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts—W. F. Burton, May
12-June 30, 1948
Chief, Division of Publications—D. L. Corbitt
Chief, Division of Public Displays—Mrs. Joye E. Jordan
Senior Archivist—Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, July 1, 1947-June 30,
1948
Senior Archivist—Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, July 1, 1947- June 30,
1948
Senior Archivist—Mrs. W. S. West
Junior Archivist—Frances Harmon, December 1, 1946-June 30, 1948
Junior Archivist—Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, July 1, 1946-June 30,
1947
Junior Archivist—Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, July 1, 1946-June 30,
1947
Junior Librarian—Mrs. Thad N. Frye, July 1-October 31, 1946
Junior Library Assistant—Frances Williamson, July 1-September
30, 1946
Junior Museum Assistant—Manora Mewborn
Junior Museum Assistant—Dorothy D. Reynolds, September 1, 1947-
June 30, 1948
Researcher, Highway Markers—W. F. Burton, August 1, 1947-May
II, 1948
Researcher, Highway Markers—William S. Powell, June 1-30, 1948
Senior Stenographer-Clerk—Nell Hines
Senior Stenographer-Clerk—Doris Eileen Northcutt, November 1,
1946-September 6, 1947
Junior Stenographer-Clerk—Madora S. Powell, September 8-
October 31, 1947
Senior General Clerk—Eloise Fisher, November 7, 1947-June 30,
1948
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Junior Mail Clerk—Ernest Walker, July 1-6, 1946
Junior Mail Clerk—Ben Dunstan, August 8, 1946-June 30, 1948
Janitor-Messenger—Edward Freeman
Temporary employes
:
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration)—John 0.
Littleton, June 16-30, 1948
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration)—John L.
Sanders, June 16-30, 1948
Junior Archivist—Rosemary Carlson McNair, February 1-May 30,
1947
Junior Museum Assistant—Annie Maud Hire, June 1-August 31,
1947
Senior General Clerk—Eva J. Lawrence, March 22-June 30, 1948
Junior General Clerk (Emergency Relief Administration)—Robert
Broome, June 24-30, 1948
Junior General Clerk—Charles H. Thompson, August 6-9, 1947
Typist-Clerk—Mrs. William S. Ward, February 19-May 6, 1947
Typist-Clerk—Mrs. Dorothy F. Cunningham, November 24, 1947-
March 11, 1948
Junior Mail Clerk—Forrest H. Harmon, August 6-9, 1947
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES
The funds of the North Carolina Department of Archives
and History, like those of other departments and agencies
of the state, are appropriated by the legislature and are
allotted on a quarterly basis by the Budget Bureau. Appro-priations
and expenditures for the 1946-1948 biennium were
as follows
:
1946-1947 1947-1948
Appro- Expendi- Appro- Expendi-,
priation t tires priation tures
Salaries and Wages $24,938.00 $22,270.91 $36,496.00 $35,932.69
Supplies and Materials ...
.
550.00 523.54 600.00 573.70
Postage, Telephone, Tele-grams,
Express 675.00 666.35 750.00 731.07
Travel 1,275.00 907.21 1,955.00 1,920.29
Printing and Binding . . . 4,800.00 4,782.96 9,025.00 8,792.07
Repairs and Alterations . . 85.00 84.84 500.00 433.45
General Expense 200.00 106.44 300.00 229.12
Equipment 13,041.00 12,983.04 17,795.00 17,209.08
Manuscripts 150.00 140.00 400.00 252.50
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1946-1947 1947-1948
Appro- E.vpendi- Appro- Expendi-priation
tures priation tures
Records N. C. World War I 4,646.00 4,638.03
Broughton Letter Book . . . 675.00 673.41 570.00 568.12
Emergency Salaries 1,430.00 1,289.21
Emergency Bonus 2,362.00 2,321.89
Total 54,827.00 51,387.83 68,391.00 66,642.09
Less Estimated Receipts
and Deposits 400.00 781.96 13,570.00 14,355.20
Appropriation 54,427.00 50,605.87 54,821.00 52,286.89
Before the economic depression of the early nineteen-thirties,
the North Carolina Department of Archives and
History (then the Historical Commission) was receiving an
annual appropriation for historical work of more than
$30,000 (excluding the additional appropriation for the
Legislative Reference Library, which was administered by
the Historical Commission until April 1, 1933, when it was
transferred to the Attorney General's office) . At the bottom
of the depression the Commission's appropriation was cut
to $11,315, or only a little more than one-third the pre-depression
figure. As general business improved and as the
state's revenues increased and its financial status improved,
the appropriation was augmented until in 1947-1948 it was
$68,391, the highest figure yet reached.
The Department's annual appropriations and expendi-tures
for the past eighteen years have been as follows
:
Year Appropriation Expenditures
1930-1931 $30,865.00 $23,565.03
1931-1932 24,865.00 18,338.51
1932-1933 20,065.00 13,286.15
1933-1934 12,826.00 11,223.13
1934-1935 11,315.00 11,298.23
1935-1936 19,364.00 16,156.51
1936-1937 20,294.00 19,985.59
1937-1938 21,843.00 20,478.17
1938-1939 22,443.00 22,088.38
1939-1940 21,160.00 20,593.68
1940-1941 21,160.00 20,669.09
Appropriation
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lace by sending travelling exhibts throughout the state,
by the conduct of historical programs both in the Hall of
History and elsewhere, and in other ways.
In general, the Department should seek to carry its ser-vices
to the people of the state. It should promote and assist
in the conduct of local historical activities, encourage the
writing and publication of local histories of high standard,
carry exhibits of documents and museum items throughout
the state, and seek a closer tie-in with the public schools. The
Department's program should never be merely a negative
one, involving only waiting to meet requests for service—al-though
such requests should always be met if practicable.
Rather, the program should be active and positive, should
involve planning what needs to be done and carrying the
services of the Department to all parts of the state.
HISTORICAL MARKERS
The Twentieth Biennial Report of the State Department
of Archives and History, issued in the midst of World War
II for the years 1942-1944, could record no progress for the
historical marker program but anticipated that it "could
easily be resumed with the cessation of hostilities." Such
has proved to be the case.
Between January 10, 1936, when the first marker was
erected, pointing the way to the site in Granville County of
the home of John Penn, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, and the summer of 1942, when a scarcity of
metals for this type of work forced a suspension of the pro-gram,
a total of 440 markers had been approved. The pro-gram
was resumed on August 1, 1947, when Mr. W. F.
Burton, of Guilford County, joined the staff of the Depart-ment
from the graduate school of the University of North
Carolina where he is a candidate for the degree of doctor of
philosophy in history. On May 12, 1948, Mr. Burton became
chief of the Division of Archives and Manuscripts and on
June 1 the position of Researcher was taken over by Mr.
William S. Powell, a native of Johnston County and a gradu-ate
of the University of North Carolina. Mr. Powell came to
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the Department from Yale University where he had been a
member of the library staff.
Until 1942 a yearly appropriation of $5,000 was made for
the Historical Marker Program and each marker cost ap-proximately
$40. The appropriation in 1946-1948 was the
same as formerly, but the cost of manufacturing the
markers had risen to such an extent that for that amount
only 65 markers could be purchased, whereas previously the
number had been more than 100. During the biennium 42
new markers were aproved by the committee of historians
which passes upon inscriptions, and 23 old ones which had
been damaged during preceding years were replaced.
The directive contained in the act passed by the legisla-ture
in 1935 authorizing the Historical Marker Program re-mains
the guide in considering proposed markers. A com-mittee
of the state's leading historians meets at frequent
intervals "to designate . . . points of historic interest in the
order of their importance, and to provide appropriate word-ing
for their proper marking." This committee, which serves
without charge to the state except for the payment of travel-ing
expenses, is composed of R. D. W. Connor, Cecil John-son,
Hugh T. Lefler, and A. R. Newsome of the University
of North Carolina; W. B. Hamilton and R. H. Woody of
Duke University ; F. W. Clonts and G. W. Paschal of Wake
Forest College ; J. W. Patton and L. W. Barnhardt of State
College ; and Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College.
In line with the revived marker program was a redesign-ing
of the markers themselves. Plans and specifications
were drawn up by members of the Department of Archives
and History and the Department of Conservation and De-velopment
with the cooperation of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission. Bids were called for on Novem-ber
24, 1947, they were opened ten days later, and the con-tract
was awarded to Sewah Studios, Marietta, Ohio.
In general appearance the markers were not strikingly
different from the old model. They were of aluminum
whereas formerly many of them were of cast iron. In the
past an iron post was used upon which the inscription plate
was set ; the new post was of concrete reinforced with steel
State Department of Archives and History 15
rods and covered with a sheath of aluminum. The top of
the new post extended into a stirrup into which inscription
plates could be fitted interchangeably.
The new markers, when seen in contrast with the old,
appeared more substantial and at the same time the new
type face gave an impression of neatness together with easy
readability. Lower case type as well as upper was now used
Hist( rical marker of the new type adopted in 1947. This one stands on Edenton
Street, on the north side of Capitol Square, in Raleigh.
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for inscriptions, whereas formerly upper case was used ex-clusively.
It was believed that the new markers would be
less likely to be damaged upon contact with moving vehicles
than were the old ones. By terms of the contract with the
manufacturer, the new markers were guaranteed against
breakage.
In connection with the revitalized marker program, an
analysis was completed of the markers erected since the
beginning of the program. A breakdown and an index were
made to indicate: (1) the markers erected in the three
geographical divisions of the state—coastal plain, piedmont,
and mountains; (2) the markers in each county; (3) the
markers erected to commemorate occurrences in various
historical periods; and (4) the primary subject of each
marker. An alphabetized subject index- was also prepared.
The use of these indexes, it was expected, would insure the
growth of the marker program along even lines not only
in subject matter and historical periods covered, but also,
insofar as feasible, in the just allocation of the markers
throughout the state.
New markers approved for erection after the resumption
of the program on August 1, 1947, were
:
District A: Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank,
and Perquimans counties:
John Harvey (site of home). Perquimans County.
Dempsey Burgess (grave). Camden County.
Isaac Gregory (home). Camden County.
District B : Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington
counties
:
Josephus Daniels (birthplace). Beaufort County.
District C : Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties
:
Fort Point. Craven County.
District E : Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and
Warren counties
:
Roanoke Canal. Halifax County.
Roanoke Canal. Halifax County.
Warrenton Male Academy. Warren County.
William Miller (home). Warren County.
Bragg Home. Warren County.
Hutchins G. Bui'ton (home). Halifax County.
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District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson
counties
:
Curtis H. Brogden (home). Wayne County.
District G: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Pei*son,
and Vance counties:
Bingham School. Alamance County.
Bingham School. Orange County.
Bingham School. Orange County.
Bingham School. Alamance County.
William A. Graham (home). Orange County.
James O'Kelly (grave). Durham County.
Kittrell's Springs. Vance County.
Calvin Graves (home). Caswell County.
William Hawkins (home). Vance County.
Oxford College. Granville County.
James Turner (home). Vance County.
Bingham School. Vance County.
Paper Mill. Orange County.
District H : Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties
:
Josephus Daniels (home). Wake County.
Plank Road. Harnett County.
Egypt Coal Mine. Lee County.
Smiley's Falls. Harnett County.
District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties:
Plank Road. Guilford County.
"Land of Eden." Rockingham County.
The Fourth House. Forsyth County.
District K: Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and
Richmond counties
:
Plank Road. Moore County.
Plank Road. Moore County.
Plank Road. Randolph County.
Henry William Harrington (grave). Richmond County.
District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union
counties
:
Third Creek Church. Rowan County.
S. B. Alexander (home). Mecklenburg County.
District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Ruther-ford
counties:
Plato Durham (home). Cleveland County.
William A. Graham (birthplace). Lincoln County.
District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Tran-sylvania
counties
:
Augustus S. Merrimon (birthplace). Transylvania County.
Bingham School. Buncombe County.
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DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS
W. F. Burton, Chief
The work of the Division was hindered during the bien-nium
by the fact that the same person did not remain as
its chief. During the nine and one-half months' leave of ab-sence
of the Department's director, the chief of the Division
served as acting director, leaving vacant the headship of the
Division. When the director returned to his desk, the chief
was free to resume his duties as head of the Division, but
only about ten months later he resigned to accept a position
in another state, so the Division once again fell into new
hands.
Despite these interruptions a constant attempt was made
to move nearer the ideal of putting all materials in proper
order and bringing them under minute control, with the
ultimate objective of making the archives and manuscripts
as efficiently and easily serviced as possible. An impediment
in the way of this desired progress was the fact that the
stack areas were necessarily in a state of disorder. With
faulty air conditioning equipment and an insufficient num-ber
of stacks, aggravated by wartime shortages, many of
the Department's materials were inaccessible until late in
the biennium.
NEW EQUIPMENT
The outlook became much brighter during the last quarter
of the period. The beginning of work on the extension of
air conditioning ducts to facilitate the flow of conditioned
air through the stacks, together with the letting of the con-tract
for new stack equipment for the mezzanine level,
necessitated promptness in the moving of records to make
room for crews of workmen. This made it possible to place
a number of records on the lower level, and in improved
order. Here was an opportunity to make room for much
needed equipment and to improve service to the public at
the same time.
State Department of Archives and History 19
EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION RECORDS
Of major importance was the beginning of the work on
the Emergency Relief Administration records stored in the
Department's warehouse at the State Fairgrounds. These
records, created from 1933 to 1935, were turned over to the
Department in 1941. This proved to be an unfortunate time
for the Department to take custody of such a large body of
records, for the reason that competent personnel was un-obtainable
so that material of necessity remained in an un-controlled
condition for want of processing.
On June 16, 1948, two students from the University of
North Carolina were employed to work on these records
until time for school to open in the fall, and it was expected
that by fall the records would be made available for ad-ministrative
and research purposes.
RELATIONS WITH OTHER AGENCIES
Aside from these important developments late in the
biennium, other significant work was in progress. The Di-vision
continued to work closely with other state agencies
by helping them to solve their records problems. During the
period the chief of the Division succeeded in surveying the
records in almost every other state agency. These survey
reports were placed on file in the archives where they were
made available for use in attempts to deal with problems of
preserving or disposing of noncurrent records in the cus-tody
of other agencies.
CLASSIFICATION AND ARRANGEMENT
The work of classifying and arranging such archives of
the office of the Secretary of State as were in the custody
of the Department of Archives and History was continued.
A total of 860 boxes and 138 volumes, including thousands
of manuscripts of 25 different classifications, was thus
processed. The labelling of these boxes and volumes was
being continued at the end of the biennium. In addition,
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thousands of vouchers from the Comptroller's and Trea-surer's
offices were arranged and made available to the
public. At the end of the biennium the World War II col-lection
was in the final stage of listing and boxing and it
was hoped that this project would be completed within the
near future.
Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, a member of the Department's staff, examining a map at
the specially designer! map cases which contain more than 1,700 maps.
State Department of Archives and History 21
In 1947 Mrs. Eric Norden of Wilmington presented to the
Department a group of survey plats drawn for the most part
by her husband, the late Erie Norden, civil engineer. There
are approximately 142 maps included in this collection
covering an area of 14 counties located chiefly in south-eastern
North Carolina. The surveys consist mostly of
tracings on cloth but also include a limited number of prints
on paper. An inventory of this collection was prepared, as
well as a biographical sketch of Eric Norden, and it was
expected that this would soon be printed in pamphlet form.
The maps were arranged, numbered, and filed according to
county, so that they were accessible to the public.
REPAIR AND BINDING
Much of the time of the restorer of manuscripts was
devoted to repairing. Of the 109 manuscripts crepelined and
"backed," 60 required slight repairs. Of the 225 manuscript,
typescript, and printed volumes rebound, 25 needed slight
repairs.
USE OF RECORDS
The number of visits to the search room, 5,105, exceeded
that of any previous 24-month period. This was an increase
of 952, or 17 per cent over the 4,253 visits for 1940-1942,
the largest previous number. Of these 5,105 visits, 4,113
were made by residents of North Carolina while the other
992 represented 34 states and the District of Columbia.
State by state, the statistics are as follows
:
Alabama 57 Iowa 2
Arizona 26 Kansas . . . 17
Arkansas 3 Kentucky 7.
California 22 Louisiana 20
Connecticut 12 Maryland 12
District of Columbia 54 Massachusetts 3
Florida 147 Michigan 4
Georgia 76 Mississippi 76
Illinois 25 Missouri 74
Indiana 22 New Hampshire 4
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New Jersey 10 Tennessee 57
New Mexico 2 Texas 79
New York 24 Utah 9
North Carolina 4,113 Vermont 19
Ohio 12 Virginia 55
Oklahoma 6 West Virginia 7
Oregon 4 Wisconsin 3
Pennsylvania 20
South Carolina 22 Total 5,105
Figures for such visits during each biennium since 1926
are as follows
:
1926-1928 1,987 1938-1940 3,918
1928-1930 2,859 1940-1942 4,253
1930-1932 3,259 1942-1944 2,318
1932-1934 2,666 1944-1946 3,341
1934-1936 2,999 1946-1948 5,105
1936-1938 3,423
In addition to meeting visitors and making materials
available to them, much of the search room attendant's time
was devoted to seeking correct answers to enquiries which
the Department received through the mails. In each case
there was an attempt to be as helpful as possible without
putting too much strain on the limited staff. Even so, these
routine investigations were handled in increasing numbers.
Of the 1,417 mail enquires, 1,231 originated outside of
North Carolina in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
In addition, 30 enquiries were answered by telephone.
The number of photocopies furnished by the Department,
2,303, exceeded by 512 the number furnished during
the previous biennium. Of the total number furnished,
707 were sent to North Carolina addresses while the
others went to 33 states and the District of Columbia. State
by state the statistics are as follows
:
Alabama 20 Colorado 2
Arizona 1 Connecticut 8
Arkansas 8 Florida 369
California 27 Georgia 46
District of Columbia 89 Idaho 1
State Department of Archives and History 23
Illinois 19
Indiana 24
Iowa 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky 27
Louisiana 52
Maryland 19
Massachusetts 18
Michigan 39
Mississippi 52
Missouri 40
New Jersey 79
New York 96
North Carolina 707
Ohio 34
Oklahoma 4
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 14
South Carolina 20
Tennessee 59
Texas 178
Utah 1
Virginia 219
West Virginia 3
Wisconsin 2
Total 2,303
The number of certified copies furnished also showed a
marked increase. During the 1944-1946 biennium a total of
274 were furnished, while for the 1946-1948 period 435 were
furnished, an increase of 37 per cent. Of these 435 copies,
107 were sent to North Carolina addresses while the others
went to 29 states and the District of Columbia
:
Alabama 15
Arkansas 8
Arizona 1
California 5
District of Columbia 15
Florida 8
Georgia 19
Illinois 7
Indiana 6
Iowa 10
Kansas 5
Kentucky 11
Louisiana 19
Maryland 2
Mississippi 32
Missouri 9
New Mexico 2
New York 9
North Carolina 98
Ohio 6
Oklahoma 2
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 5
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 17
Texas 47
Utah 3
Virginia 17
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 2
Total 435
Aside from the usual genealogical research, there was an
increase in the number of visits by persons classified as
"students" and "historians." The number, 1,205, showed a
300 per cent increase over the number of such visits for
24 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
the 1944-1946 period. The colleges and universities from
which such investigators came were:
University of Alabama
Atlanta University
Birmingham-Southern College
Campbell College
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Davidson College
Dickinson College
Duke University
Hebrew Union College
Howard University
University of Kentucky
Louisiana State University
Meredith College
Robeson County State Normal
School for Cherokee Indians
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College of Durham
University of North Carolina
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina
Peace College
Princeton University
St. Augustine's College
Shaw University
State Negro Teacher's College
John B. Stetson University
University of Texas
Wake Forest College
Washington University, St. Louis
University of Wisconsin
Yale University
The following selected list of non-genealogical subjects
under investigation serves to show the type of research
pursued
:
Biography
:
Charles B. Aycock
John Gray Blount
William R. Davie
Charles D. Mclver
Zebulon B. Vance
Social, economic, and cultural history:
Naval Stores Industry in the Ante-Bellum South
Documentary History of Education in the South
History of Public Welfare Administration in North Carolina
Logging Railroads in North Carolina
Beginnings of Literary Culture in North Carolina
Local and specialized history:
Northampton County
Wake County
Union County
Edenton
Roanoke River
Political and governmental activities:
The North Carolina Black Codes
The North Carolina Council of State
The Confederate Congress
State Department of Archives and History 25
Advisory Opinions of the North Carolina Supi'eme Court
Anti-Slavery
Military history:
The War of the Regulation
Stoneman's Raid
North Carolina Militia, 1783-1812
The Revolutionary War
The Union Army in North Carolina
Religion:
Episcopal School and Hillsboro Academy
Religious Toleration
Morganton Presbyterian Church
History of Olive Chapel
History of Baptist Sunday Schools
Indians ;
Legends and Romances of the Cherokee Indians
History of the Cherokee Indians
DISPLAYS
In addition to the services mentioned above, it is a prac-tice
of the Division of Archives and Manuscripts to furnish
documents for display in the Hall of History. Perhaps the
most significant display for which this Division furnished
documents during the period was the Freedom Train Ex-hibit.
The following items were used
:
Trade Instruction of Governor Arthur Dobbs, 1761
Regulator petition, 1768
North Carolina Gazette, Nov. 20, 1765
Resolutions of First Provincial Congress meeting at New Bern, 1774
A proclamation of Royal Governor Josiah Martin, 1775
Printed Journal of Proceedings of Provincial Congress at Halifax,
1776
Manuscript Journal of Proceedings of Provincial Congress at Hali-fax,
1776
Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Letter from William Hooper to Richard Bennehan, no date
Letter from John Penn to Governor Caswell, 1777
Letter from Joseph Hewes to Samuel Johnston, 1775
Letter from Richard Caswell to James Iredell, 1779
Document signed by Abner Nash, 1779
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First page of a copy of the Carolina charter of 1665. Preserved by the Department of
Archives and History.
State Department of Archives and History 29
Division of Purchase and Contract. Printing jackets, 1939-45;
purchase orders and bid tabulations. 38 E boxes. Given by the
Division of Purchase and Contract.
North Carolina National Park, Parkway, and Forests Develop-ment
Commission. Vouchers, purchase orders, purchase and
title files, funds, condemnation suits, and cash books. 17 trans-files.
Given by North Carolina National Park, Parkway, and
Forests Development Commission.
Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics, Farm
Census, 1922-40, and Grain Reports, 1937-43. 245 E boxes. Given
by Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics.
Board of CoiTection and Training. Auditor's Annual Reports,
1930-46. State Industrial Farm Colony for Women ("Dobbs
Farm"), Kinston. 286 multicopy pages, and clipping file in
envelope. Given by Mr. S. E. Leonard, Commissioner, Board of
Correction and Training.
Local Government Commission. Audit reports, 1938-41; finan-cial
reports, 1939-42. 21 E boxes. Given by Local Government
Commission.
Attorney General. Bureau of Investigation Reports on Audit,
1943-47. 10 reports. Typed. Given by the Attorney General's
Office.
Governor. 5 cartons of official papers, 1941-45; 3 Notary
Public Cash Books, March, 1939-October, 1940; October, 1940-
July, 1943; August, 1943-December, 1945; 2 volumes of Court
Assignments by Governors' Hoey and Broughton, Special and
Regular Judges (In Lieu), July, 1939-June, 1942; Special Terms
of Court, December, 1931-September, 1943; and labor mobiliza-tion
correspondence, 1943-1944. Given by Governor R. Gregg
Cherry.
2. County records:
Deeds from Burke and Lincoln counties, 1794-1835. Given by
Mrs. C. A. Cannon, Concord.
Craven County : warrant for the arrest of Bernard Parkinson,
1 page. Given by Missouri Superior Court Library, Jefferson
City, Missouri.
Orange County: 6 volumes. Minute docket, court of equity,
1789-1793 (withdrawn) ; minute docket, court of equity, 1855-
1864; execution docket, 1853-1861; guardian accounts, 1835-
1853; inventories and sales of estates, 1861-1867. Given by clerk
of superior court, Hillsboro.
Pasquotank County: Wardens of the Poor, 1831-1868. 1
volume. Given by Mr. A. H. Outlaw, superintendent of public
welfare, Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City.
Wayne County: Tax lists, 1878-1910. 32 volumes, together
with a few fragments. Given by clerk of superior court, Golds-boro.
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3. Diaries
:
Extracts from the Diary of Benjamin Elberfield Atkins . .
1848-1909. Compiled by his sons, Emmet D. and Jas. W. Atkins,
Gastonia, N. C, 1947. Privately published for family circulation.
Pp. 97. Gift from Post Office Box 238, Gastonia.
Shirt-Sleeve Diplomat or The Annotated Diary of John Gus-tavus
Adolphus Williamson of Person County, North Carolina,
first diplomatic representative of the United States to Vene-zuela,
1835-1840. Edited by Nancy Jane Lucas. 552 typed pages.
Bound volume. Given by Miss Nancy Jane Lucas, 3289 Louisiana
Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
4. Personal Papers:
Lyman C. Draper Papers. Journal of Draper, May 2-21, 1901.
15 pages photocopied. Given by the Historical Society of Wis-consin,
816 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
W. R. Freeman Collection, 1812-74. Letter from J. F. E. Hardy
to M. King, July 6, 1861. A.L.S. Given by Mrs. P. F. Patton,
Hendersonville.
Clarence W. Griffin Papers. Proceedings. Seventy-Third An-nual
North Carolina Press Association, Raleigh, September 20-
21, 1945. Pp. 56; North Carolina Press History, July 1, 1945, to
July 1, 1946. Compiled by Clarence W. Griffin, Historian. 8
typed pages; photograph of North Carolina Press Associ-tion
officials, 1946-47. 2 copies; North Carolina Press Associ-ation
historical report, loose leaf; and Press Association rec-ords,
1946-47. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City.
Joseph Hewes Papers. Facsimile of a letter signed "J. P. J."
(John Paul Jones), October 31, 1776, to Joseph Hewes. 4 pages,
photocopy. Given by Capt. H. A. Baldridge, director, Museum of
the U. S. N. A., Annapolis, Maryland.
B. W. Kilgore Papers, 1895-1921. 19 letter box files and 4
binding case files. Given by Mr. James D. Kilgore, 2512 Canter-bury
Road, Raleigh.
Clipping file of A. J. Maxwell, 1929-1942. 8 E boxes. Given by
Mr. Raymond Maxwell, Raleigh.
Dr. Arthur Wyatt Collection. Invitation, letter, bill of sale,
receipts, etc. Given by Mrs. S. W. Sparger, Route 2, Cool Mill
Pond Road, Durham.
5. Newspapers
:
The Valdese News, Valdese, N. C, October 27, 1943. Fiftieth
Anniversary Edition. Vol. V, no. 46. Miss Beatrice Cobb, pub-lisher.
Given by Dr. Christopher Crittenden, Raleigh.
The Messenger and Intelligencer, Wadesboro, N. C, R. B.
Boylin, editor. Vol. XXXVII, no. 31, August 2, 1917. Given by
State Department of Archives and History 31
Misses Elizabeth and Virginia Horn, 206 Green Street, Wades-boro.
Massachusetts centinel, Boston. Warden & Russell, publishers.
Twice weekly. January 21 and 25, 1786. Purchased from the
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
The Piper Cub, vol. 1, no. 2, November 15, 1946. 4 mimeo-graphed
pages. Given by Mr. L. Malcolm Clark, Southern Pines
Public Schools, Southern Pines.
The Pennsylvania Gazette. Weekly. No. 129. April 29 to May
6, 1731, and May 6 to May 13, 1731. Printed by B. Franklin and
H. Meredith. 4 pages photocopied. Given by Mr. William S.
Powell, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut.
6. Pamphlets:
Measurements of Points in North Carolina and Tennessee by
Arnold Guyot, U. S. S. All altitudes given as above sea level.
Copied from North Carolina Citizen, of Asheville, January 4,
1872. Schofield School Press, Aiken, S. C, 1890. Pp. 11. Given by
Mr. Bart Anderson, O'ermead Farm, West Chester, Pennsyl-vania.
Pioneer Sketches of the Upper Whitewater Valley: Quaker
Stronghold of the West. By Bernhard Knollenberg. (Indiana-polis:
Indiana Historical Society. 1945. Pp. 171.) Given by Mr.
Byron L. Bond, 211 North 8th Street, Richmond, Indiana.
"Hog Raising and Hog Driving in the Region of the French
Broad River," by Edmund Cody Burnett. Reprinted from Agri-cultural
History, 20: 86-103 (April, 1946). Given by Mr. Edmund
Cody Burnett, 1204 Newton Street N. E., Washington 17, D. C.
Our Living and Our Dead; Devoted to North Carolina—Her
Past, Her Present and Her Future. Published at Raleigh, S. D.
Pool, editor. Vol. I : September, 1874, to February, 1875. Pp. 98.
Given by Mr. C. C. Chadburn, 415 South Front Street, Wilming-ton.
Gaston (County) Centennial, souvenir program. October 7-12,
[1946]. Given by Governor R. Gregg Cherry, Raleigh.
The Duke Endoivment Year Book No. H. Including Annual
Reports of the Hospital and Orphan Sections. Published Septem-ber
1946. Pp. 41. Given by The Duke Endowment, Charlotte.
The following five pamphlets were given by Mr. C. M. Gibbs,
Dunn
:
Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Annual Session
of the Synod of North Carolina, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-four.
Held at the Presbyterian Orphans' Home, Barium Springs.
September 5-7, 1944. Pp. 107.
Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Annual Ses-sion
of the Synod of North Carolina, Nineteen Hundred and
32 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Forty-five. Held at Davidson College and Davidson College Pres-byterian
Church, Davidson. October 9-11, 1945. Pp. 114.
Minutes of FayetteviUe Presbytery. Stated Meetings. October,
1945; January and April, 1946. Pro Re Nata Meeting, Davidson.
Pp. 61.
Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Annual Session
of the Synod of North Carolina, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-six.
Held at Queen's College, Charlotte. September 3-5, 1946.
(Charlotte: Standard Printing Company. Pp. 461.)
Minutes of FayetteviUe Presbytery. Called Meetings—Fayette-viUe.
. . . Stated Meetings October, 1946-January, 1947 . . . ,
First Presbyterian Church, Maxton. April 15, 1947. Pp. 44. Press
of Oxford (Masonic) Orphanage, Oxford.
The Transylvania Company: A Study in Personnel. I. James
Hogg. By Archibald Henderson. Reprinted from The Filson
History Quarterly, January, 1947. Pp. 21; and II. Thomas Hart,
July, 1947. Pp. 14. Given by Dr. Archibald Henderson, Chapel
Hill.
History of the General Assembly of North Carolina. January
9-March 13, 1895, Inclusive. (Raleigh, N. C: E. M. Uzzell Print-er
and Binder—1895. Pp. 160.) Given by Mr. Wra. D. Kizziah,
Salisbury.
The following three pamphlets were given by Mrs. Adair M.
McKoy, 101 Mimosa Place Wilmington:
A Story of the Cape Fear. By James Sprunt. Published by
Harper's Steamboat Line. (Wilmington, N. C: Morning Star
Electric Power Presses. 1909. Pp. 16.)
A History of the North Carolina Society of the Colonial
Dames of America. By Jean Dalziel Wood. Pp. 52.
Historical Sketch of the Oakdale Cemetery Co., with the
Charter, By-Laws and Rules Governing the Grounds Generally.
(Wilmington, N. C: Review Job Office, Print. Pp. 21.)
Peace College: A Pageayit of the History of the College, 1872-
19 A7. Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2, 1947. (Raleigh: Edwards
& Broughton Co.) 2 copies. Given by Mr. N. L. Walker, Kinston.
Reprint of article, "The South's First Cotton Factory," by
Samuel C. Williams. Pp. 10. {Tennessee Historical Quarterly,
vol. V, no. 3, September, 1946, by The Tennessee Historical Com-mission.)
Given by Mr. Samuel C. Williams, Johnson City,
Tennessee.
7. Maps:
"Roanoke River Basin, Buggs Island Reservoir, Roanoke
River, Va.-N. C." 39V2 "x27". Scale, 1" to 10 miles. Photocopy.
Original in possession of Mr. J. L. Coe, 213 Watson Building,
Greensboro.
State Department of Archives and History 33
(Oxford, North Carolina.) 16 1/^"xl4". Photocopy. Original
in possession of Mrs. E. G. Moss, Oxford.
Eric Norden Collection. 142 linen tracings covering land areas
located chiefly in southeastern North Carolina and drawn by
Eric Norden of Wilmington. Given by Mrs. Ei'ic Norden, Wil-mington.
Florida et Apalche, and Norvmbega et Virginia 1567. Descrip-tions
Ptolemaicae Avgmentvm, siue Occidentis Notitia Breui
commentario illustrata, et hac secunda editione magna sui parte
aucta. Cornelio Wytfliet Louaniensi auctore. Dvaci [Douai]
Apud franciscum fabri Biblio polam iuratum, Anno 1603. Given
by Mr. William S. Powell, Raleigh.
"Old Oregon Territory," 1948. 22 1,i" x 17*4". Published and
given by the Territorial Centennial Commission, 824 S. W. Fifth
Avenue, Portland 4, Oregon.
Genealogical:
"The Aydelott Family Association Bulletins." Nos. 44-49. 35
multicopied pages. Given by Mr. George Carl Aydelott, 30 Rocke-feller
Plaza, New York City.
Records of Bryan Family graveyard, Mclver Family grave-yard,
Cool Spring Church, and Buffalo Presbyterian Church
cemeteries. 3 typed pages. Given by Mr. William D. Bennett,
Rocky Mount.
"Official Records of The Shelby Family of North and South
Carolina." Compiled by Mr. L. Polk Denmark, Raleigh. Given by
the compiler.
Outline of the Johnson Family prepared by Mrs. George C.
Lewis, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 2 typed pages, 1 manu-script
chart, and a letter to Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest
City, from Mrs. George C. Lewis. Given by Mr. Clarence W.
Griffin.
Perry, Slabaugh, Waxelland, Green, Rhem, Lane, Harold,
Franck, and Miller genealogies. 12 typed pages. Given by
Miss Sybil Hyatt, Kinston.
"Finch Family Association," Bulletin no. 6, April, 1946. Pp.
26-30. Mimeographed. Given by Mr. Pearl A. Marshall, 1734
Ardendale Avenue, San Gabriel, California.
"Autobiography and Reminiscences of Israel Mitchell." 26
typed pages. Gives by Mr. H. M. Painter, 200 I Avenue, Coro-nado,
California.
Powell Bible records. 1 page photocopy. Given by Mr. L. R.
Powell, 1676 Walker Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.
Stevmrt Clan Magazine, Olathe, Kansas, vol. XXIV, nos. 9, 10;
and vol. XXV, nos. 1, 4, 7. George Thomas Edison, editor. Given
by the editor.
34 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Material on the Mathis family, compiled by Mr. Folks Hux-ford,
Homerville, Georgia. Given by Mrs. John S. Welborn, High
Point.
Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution. By Mary S. Lock-wood,
. . . 1890-91. Revised ... by Susan Riviere Hetbell . . .
(Washington, D. C. 1908. P. 378.) Given by Mrs. Guy Withers,
1735 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.
9. Speeches and addresses:
The Great Union Speech of Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, Vice-
President of the Southern Confederacy. Undated. 1 page. Given
by Mr. Bart Anderson, O'ermead Farm, West Chester, Penn-sylvania.
Growing Carolina. By President H. W. Chase—Excerpts from
the President's address delivered at the beginning of the 129th
session of the University—the first to the faculty, the second
to the students at the formal opening. Printed by The General
Alumni Association, October, 1922. Pp. 24. Given by Mrs. John
M. Winfree, 330 Hillsboro Street, Raleigh.
Papers read before the North Carolina Society for the Preser-vation
of Antiquities at the annual meeting, December 5, 1946:
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, 6 typed pages, Mrs. Duncan
Winston Wales, 8 typed pages, and Mr. John W. Graham, 8
typed pages. Given by Mrs. E. A. Branch, secretary-treasurer,
North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities,
Raleigh.
Radio broadcast commemorating Robert E. Lee, Thomas J.
Jackson, Generals, and Mathew Fountaine Maury . . . Written
and given by Mrs. W. F. Harding, Alfred M. Waddell Chapter,
U. D. C, Kinston, January 19, 1947. 3 typed pages. Given by
Mr. N. L. Walker, Kinston.
Governors' Conference speeches, 1947. Given by Governor R.
Gregg Cherry, Raleigh.
10. Radio recordings:
"Installation—Raleigh City Council." July 1, 1947. 2 record-ings.
Given by Mr. Fred Fletcher, Station Manager, WRAL,
Raleigh.
Political campaign of Senator William B. Umstead, 1948. 11
recordings. Given by Umstead Headquarters, Raleigh.
11. Microfilms:
Calendar of the North Carolina Spanish Records. 2 rolls,
negative and positive. Given by Mr. Albert C. Manucy, National
Park Service, St. Augustine, Florida.
State Department of Archives and History 35
Pilgrim Church records of Lexington. Microfilm made for the
Department of Archives and History. Original loaned by Mr.
Clell B. Clodfelter, Route 1, Thomasville.
Minute Book of Fayetteville Light Infantry, 1793-1844. 2 rolls,
negative and positive. Purchased through Mr. Jesse Jones
Weisiger, Presidential Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia.
12. Civil War Collection:
Appomattox terms of surrender, April 9, 1865. 1 page. Photo-copy.
Given by Mrs. Albert Lee May, 4327 Chamberlayne Ave-nue,
Richmond 22, Virginia.
Regimental clothing books. 10 volumes. Gift from the National
Archives, Washington, D. C.
Pardon of G. Webb, April 27, 1865. Given by Mr. F. T. Banks,
121 South Davie Street, Greensboro.
Civil War papers of P. M. Mull, Capt., Company F, 55th Regi-ment,
North Carolina troops, and a copy of The Spirit of the
Age, vol. XIV, no. 42, June 8, 1863. Given by Mrs. C. A. Cannon,
Concord.
Records relating to 0. R. Smith and other Civil War activities
:
photocopies of letters, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, etc. Given
by Mrs. Glenn Long, 630 North Main Avenue, Newton.
13. World War I Collection:
The New York Herald, European Edition—Paris, Friday,
September 6, 1918. Pp. 4, and The Stars and Stripes, France,
Friday, September 27, 1918. Pp. 8. Given by Dr. George L.
Pritchard, Black Mountain.
George W. Mclver papers, relating to his service in the 81st
or Wildcat Division. 1 box. Given by Mrs. George W. Mclver,
Edgartown, Massachusetts.
George W. Mclver papers, article, "North Carolinians at
West Point before the Civil War," by George W. Mclver. 50
typed pages. Given by Mr. George W. Mclver, Jr., 11 Shore View
Road, Port Washington, New York.
James William Alston papers, handbook and map. Given by
Mr. Harry T. Davis, State Museum, Raleigh.
Individual service records, alphabetically arranged. 59 boxes.
Photocopies. Made from originals in Adjutant General's Office,
Raleigh.
14. World War II Collection:
Office of Civilian Defense records. 21 cardboard boxes. Given
by the Budget Bureau, Raleigh.
American War Mothers. Applications for membership. 1 B
box. Given by Mrs. W. D. Pemberton, Concord.
36 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
A History of Cabarrus County in the Wars. Published by the
War Records Collection Committee and Sponsored by Cabarrus
County, 1947. Pp. 432. Given by the publisher, Concord.
Material relating to the war record of Colonel Westray Battle
Boyce. Given by Mrs. Jacob Battle, 408 Wildwood Avenue, West
Haven, Rocky Mount.
Records of Martin County soldiers. 1 box. Given by Mr. Fran-cis
Manning, Williamston.
Letter from Miss Frances C. Pope, 149th WAAC Post Head-quarters
Co., APO 512, New York, to Mrs. William S. West,
316 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, and given by Mrs. West.
U. S. 0. activities in North Carolina towns during World War
II. About V2 cubic foot. Given by Miss Alyce Lee Penick, Region-al
Office Secretary, U.S.O. 639 Central National Bank Building,
Richmond 19, Virginia.
15. Miscellaneous:
The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children. By Mrs.
M. B. Moore. (Raleigh: Branson, Farrar & Co., Publishers.
Biblical Recorder Print. 1863. Pp. 48.)
Maury's Geographical Series. First Lessons in Geography.
(New York: University Publishing Company. New York. 1879.
Pp. 62.) Given by Mrs. John S. Welborn, High Point.
Henderson County Centennial, 1947. Material relating to the
Centennial. Given by Mrs. Sadie Smathers Patton, Henderson-ville.
Political Campaign material. Placards and folders. Given by
Umstead Headquarters, Raleigh.
The Graduate School Research and Publications. Edited with
a Foreword by Edgar W. Knight and Agatha Boyd Adams.
(Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1946.
Pp. viii-461.) Given by the University of North Carolina Press,
Chapel Hill.
"List of the Inhabitants of Windsor, N. C, March 27th Anno
Domini 1852." 2 manuscript pages. Given by Mr. S. E. W. Ken-ney,
Local Government Commission, Raleigh.
The General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter, U. D. C,
Papers. Registrar's Records Book, 1910-24. Given by Mrs. M. R.
Medlin, Registrar, 1904 Fairview Road, Raleigh.
African Twins material. 12 items. Given by Mr. Bertram
Millar, 216 East 46th Street, New York 17, N. Y.
The Story of Henderson County. By Mrs. Sadie Smathers
Patton. (Asheville: The Miller Printing Co. 1947. Pp. xvii, 290.)
Given by the author, Hendersonville.
"A History of Alexander County, N. C." By William E. White.
Published in the Taylorsville Times in 1926. Copied from a
State Department of Archives and History 37
scrap book of Mrs. Bynum C. Deal, Davidson. Prepared under
the auspices of the Alexander County Historical Society, Tay-lorsville.
75 mimeographed pages. Given by Mr. Robert S.
Echerd, 3629 Rogers Street, Charlotte.
"Early Post Offices in Alexander County." 12 typed pages.
Given by Mr. Robert S. Echerd, 3629 Rogers Street, Charlotte.
A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to American History in
British Depositories. Reproduced for The Division of Manu-scripts
of the Library of Congress. By Grace Gardner Griffin.
The Library of Congress, 1947. Pp. xvi-313. U. S. Government
Printing Office: 1946. Given by Dr. Christopher Crittenden,
Raleigh.
British Army Discharge of Andrew Sickner, October, 1783.
Purchased from Mr. Munroe d'Antignac, Griffin, Georgia.
Log Book of the Schooner Franklin—Edenton. 1788. Pur-chased
from Mr. Munroe d'Antignac, Griffin, Georgia.
Lottery advertisement, June 4th, 1825. 1 page. Given by Mr.
Bart Anderson, O'ermead Farm, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
"Abstract of Wills, Halifax County, North Carolina. 1760-
1830." Mimeographed copy. Purchased from Mrs. Leon Ander-son,
Halifax.
Charter of the State Society of North Carolina Daughters of
Colonial Wars. Given by Mrs. E. A. Branch, 317 Calvin Road,
Raleigh.
Bill of lading, July 5, 1845, from Charleston, South Carolina.
Given by Miss Lucile Craft, 209 West Jones Street, Raleigh,
through Mr. John Harden, Raleigh.
II. New Collections.
1. Personal Papers
:
Gideon C. Barco Papers, 1851-1900. Camden County deeds,
physicians bills, etc. Given by Mrs. Sam G. McPherson, Shiloh.
William L. Conly Paper. Letter to Col. William L. Conly from
D. E. A. McElrath, Franklin, May 20, 1838. Photocopy. Given by
Mr. H. C. Goode, Connelly Springs.
Dr. R. M. Earns Papers, 1879-82. Material relating to rail-roads,
mining, etc., in Western North Carolina. Given by Mrs.
M. B. Morgan, 11 East Lane Street, Raleigh.
Dr. James Flood Papers. Medical accounts, 1737-41. 12 pieces.
Purchased from Mr. Munroe d'Antignac, Griffin, Georgia.
John Hampton Paper. Letter from Richard Hampton to Major
Hampton, June 28, 1781. Given by Dr. Franklin P. Holbrook,
Historical Society of West Pennsylvania, 4338 Boulevard, Pitts-burg,
Pennsylvania.
38 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
H. M. Hocutt Collection. Deeds and land surveys, 1800-75. 14
pieces. Given by Mr. H. M. Hocutt, 112 Belmont Avenue, Ashe-ville.
ITT fl
*n«T« Canons
A few of the two hundred and sixty-one publications of the Department of Archives
and History.
State Department of Archives and History 39
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
D. L. Corbitt, Chief
The original act of 1903 establishing the Historical Com-mission
provided for a publication program. Subsequent
acts repeated and elaborated the original provision. In 1945,
when the basic act was rewritten, the legislature directed
that ''materials on the history of North Carolina [be] prop-erly
edited, published as other State printing, and distrib-uted
under the direction of the department." This phase of
the Department's work has always been regarded as one of
its outstanding services to the public and through this
means not only are wide contacts made but recognition and
appreciation are also brought to the state.
An expanded program of publication has recently been
undertaken and printed material is receiving wide distri-bution.
Charts, leaflets, pamphlets, documentary volumes
and numbers of The North Carolina Historical Review are
circulated to foreign as well as domestic readers and sub-scribers.
From the organization of the publication program
in 1903 to the conclusion of the 1946-1948 biennium, a total
of 261 titles or issues were published.
Though the rapidly mounting cost of printing, the dif-ficulties
in getting printing done, and the uncertainty of
prompt delivery were definite handicaps, the publication
program was continued.
Three pamphlets were published, as follows
:
The Twenty-First Biennial Report of the North Carolina State
Department of Archives and History, 19H-19U6, 1946, pp.
54, illustrated.
The Silversmiths of North Carolina, by George Barton Cutten,
1948, pp. vi, 93, illustrated.
Explorations, Descriptions, and Attempted Settlements of North
Carolina, 1584-1590, edited by David Leroy Corbitt, 1948,
vi, 136, illustrated.
Two pamphlets were reprinted
:
The North Carolina State Flag, by W. R. Edmonds, revised by
D. L. Corbitt, 1942, second printing 1946, pp. 14, illustrated.
40 Twenty-Second Biennial Report
Tar Heel Tales, by Mattie Erma Parker, 1946, pp. 34, illus-trated.
(The material in this pamphlet had previously been
published as seven individual leaflets. During the biennium
the seven leaflets were combined into one pamphlet and
illustrated.)
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